Physalis Quick Facts | |
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Name: | Physalis |
Scientific Name: | Physalis peruviana |
Origin | Indigenous to South America in the high altitude tropical Colombia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru |
Colors | Green while young turning to a glossy, smooth, golden –yellow to orange when ripe |
Shapes | Sub-globose berry, 1.25–2 cm diameter, each enclosed in a bladderlike husk which becomes papery on maturity |
Flesh colors | Golden –yellow to orange colored |
Taste | Sweet with a pleasing grape-like tang. Husk is bitter and inedible |
Calories | 74 Kcal Kcal./cup |
Major nutrients | Vitamin B3 (24.50%), Iron (17.50%), Vitamin (17.11%), Vitamin B1 (12.83%), Carbohydrate (12.06%), |
Health benefits | Antioxidant benefits, Protecting liver and kidney against fibrosis, Healthy Pregnancy , Relief of Arthritis Pain, Cognitive Ability, Cardiovascular functions,Improves Eyesight |
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