Solanaceae Physalis subulata var. neomexicana (Rydb.) Waterfall ex Kartesz & Gandhi

New Mexican Groundcherry

Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero - Food, Special Food

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 45

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Scientific name: Physalis subulata var. neomexicana (Rydb.) Waterfall ex Kartesz & Gandhi
USDA symbol: PHSUN (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: New Mexican Groundcherry
Family: Solanaceae
Family (APG): Solanaceae
Native American Tribe: Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Special Food
Notes: Fresh fruit eaten by children as a delicacy.

RECRD: 40168 id: 26723

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