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Botanical name: Alkekengi officinarum Family: Solanaceae (Potato family)
Synonyms: Physalis alkekengi L., Physalis hyemalis
Synonyms: Physalis alkekengi L., Physalis hyemalis
Chinese Lantern Plant is easily identifiable by the
large, bright orange to red papery covering over its fruit, which
resembles paper lanterns. It is a perennial herb plant growing up to
40-60 cm tall, with spirally arranged leaves 6-12 cm long and 4-9 cm
broad. The flowers are white, with a five-lobed flower 1-1.5 cm across,
with an inflated basal sepal-cup which matures into the papery orange
fruit covering, 4-5 cm long and broad. In Japan, its bright and
lantern-like fruiting calyces form a traditional part of the Bon
Festival as offerings intended to help guide the souls of the dead.
Chinese Lantern Plant is native to Temperate Eurasia, spreading from
Eastern Europe to Western China.
Medicinal uses:
The dried fruit is called the
golden flower in the Unani system of medicine, and used as a diuretic,
antiseptic, liver corrective, and sedative. In Chinese medicine,
Alkekengi is used to treat such conditions as abscesses, coughs,
fevers, and sore throat.
Medicinal uses:
The dried fruit is called the
golden flower in the Unani system of medicine, and used as a diuretic,
antiseptic, liver corrective, and sedative. In Chinese medicine,
Alkekengi is used to treat such conditions as abscesses, coughs,
fevers, and sore throat. | Identification credit: Akhtar Malik | Photographed in Kashmir University Botanical Garden. |
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