Goldenberry

Physalis peruviana

Growth conditions
USDA Hardiness zone	6-12 Learn more
Light requirement	Full sun, Partial sun/shade
Water requirement	Moist
Soil type	Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)
Soil pH	6.5-7.0
Physical characteristics
Height	1.2
Cultivation details
Life cycle	Perennial
Spacing	45cm
Propagation method	Seed - transplant
When to sow (indoors)	6-8 weeks before last frost
When to plant (transplant)	1 week after last frost
Days to maturity	65-70
Uses
Edible parts	Fruit
Names
Alternate name	Groundcherry, Cape gooseberry
Taxonomy
Family	Solanaceae
Origin and spread
Native to	Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central
Introduced into	Angola, Ascension, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bermuda, Botswana, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Chile Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Free State, Gabon, Galápagos, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Great Britain, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Hawaii, Hungary, India, Italy, Jamaica, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kazan-retto, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Marianas, Marquesas, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Somalia, South Australia, Spain, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tasmania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tristan da Cunha, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Venezuela, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
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