• Family : SOLANACEAE
  (Nightshade Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BAINGAN FAMILY (बैंगन फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : SOLANACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Physalis angulata L.
• Common name : Sunberry, Country gooseberry
• Vernacular name : Ajodinjotta, Njodinjotta, Njottanjodian, Pottichedi (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Moist localities in plains, degraded forests and waste places
• Flower, Fruit : July-December
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Udupi district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
• Native : Tropical America
• World Distribution : Tropical Asia, Africa and Australia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.; Raju, V.S., C.S. Reddy, K.G. Rajarao, 2007.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Physalis angulata. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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