Fruits & Vegetables Week: Physalis minima, the sunberry

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Gurcharan Singh

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Jan 11, 2011, 8:29:52 PM1/11/11

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Physalis minima, the sunberry, a wild herb yields fruits which are edibleand eaten raw or preserved, the leaves are also used as vegetable.

Local names

Hindi: Tulati pati

Beng: Ban ripariya

Mar: Chirboti, dhan mori

Guj: Parpoti, popti

Tel: Kupanti, budda budama

Tam: Tholtakali

Kan: Gudde hannu

Mal: Njodi njotta

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
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SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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Gurcharan Singh

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Feb 24, 2015, 8:51:53 AM2/24/15

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To be taken as P. angulata.

Dr. Gurcharan Singh

Retired Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089