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Created 10/12/2023

Family Solanaceae

HAWAII - NATURALIZED

Physalis peruviana



Kamuela, Hawai'i

CAPE GOOSEBERRY    POHA

Small shrub naturalized in mesic or wet disturbed uplands of the major Hawaiian Islands.  Flowers yellow with brown patches, edible yellow berries enclosed by papery sepals.  Native to Peru.