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Physalis peruviana. Cape gooseberry.

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kūpere; kūpara (Servant 1973)

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Cape gooseberry

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An early escape from cultivation. Still widely cultivated. Scattered throughout New Zealand in warmer areas.

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Fruit "excites the appetite at first, but soon betrays those who partake of it in any quantity" (Servant 1973).

Fruit eaten, used to make jam.

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28 May 2007
30 October 2023
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