How to distinguish brocade lantern

Leaf blade: alternate, the shape is oval at the initial stage, and gradually becomes oval heart-shaped at the later stage, with serrations of different sizes at the edge. Flowers: solitary longer than axils of leaves, calyx shaped bell, yellow corolla. Fruit: Berry, spherical in shape, green in color, with an inflated green persistent calyx, ovate or broad in shape.

I. blade

The leaves of brocade lanterns are alternate, and the shape is oval at the initial stage and oval heart at the later stage. Its length is about 4 - 8 cm, width is about 2 - 6 cm, there are different sizes of serrations at the edge

Two, flowers

The flower of brocade lantern usually grows in the armpit of the leaf alone, the shape of calyx is bell shaped, with 5 cracks; the shape of corolla is bell shaped, the color is light yellow, the diameter is about 6-10 cm, with 5 cracks, the base of the lobes will have purple stripes, and the anther is yellow.

Three, fruit

The brocade lantern is a berry with a spherical shape, green color and a diameter of about 1.2cm. It is surrounded by an enlarged green persistent calyx, which is ovate or broadly ovate.

Physalis alkekengi fruit