859 — Number of the plant

at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7

Classification

► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants

► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons

► Subclass Asteridae

► Order Solanales

► Family Solanaceae - Potato family

► Subfamily Solanoideae

► Genus Physalis L. - Groundcherry

Synonyms

Physalis bunyardii hort. [= Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii]

Physalis franchetii Mast. [≡ Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii]

Common names

Bladder cherry (English)

Cape gooseberry (English)

Chinese lantern lily (English)

Chinese lantern plant (English)

Chinese-lantern (English)

Japanese-lantern (English)

Strawberry ground cherry (English)

Strawberry groundcherry (English)

Winter-cherry (English)

Alkékenge (French)

Coqueret (French)

Lanterne japonaise (French)

 

Blasenkirsche (German)

Lampionblume (German)

Alquequenje (Portuguese)

Alquequenje (Spanish)

Capulí (Spanish)

Vejiga de perro (Spanish)

Description

Small showy orange red lantern-shaped persistent calyx surrounding a globose berry; borne singly in the leaf axils. A herbaceous perennial, sometimes grown as an annual.