Physalis peruviana
naturalizedSolanaceae

Physalis peruviana

Cape gooseberry

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Physalis peruviana, a plant species of the genus Physalis, has its origin in the present day region of Chile and Peru. The plant and its fruit are commonly called Cape gooseberry, goldenberry or physalis, among numerous regional names. It has been cultivated in England since the late 18th century and in South Africa in the region of the Cape of Good Hope since at least the start of the 19th century. Widely introduced in the 20th...

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Seasonality

Only 9 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 12 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 50 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 120 · GBIF 124 records
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 54 · GBIF 45
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 19 · GBIF 15
Makawao · MauiiNat 8 · GBIF 7
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Honuaʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Puʻukapu · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kahaualeʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Mākaha · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kēōkea · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kahikinui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalialinui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalopā · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Puʻuanahulu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1