Cape Gooseberry/ Inca Berry ( Physalis peruviana )
100 Seeds................................................$3
1000 Seeds..............................................$28
100 Seeds................................................$3
1000 Seeds..............................................$28
The plant and its fruit is known as uchuva (Colombia), Cape gooseberry (South Africa, UK, New Zealand), Inca berry, Aztec berry, golden berry, giant ground cherry, African ground cherry, Peruvian groundcherry, Peruvian cherry, amour en cage (France, French for "love in a cage"), and sometimes simply Physalis (United Kingdom)
It is indigenous to South America , originally from Peru, but 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.
A close relative to the Tomato.
Like a tomato, it contains numerous small seeds. It is bright yellow to orange in color, and it is sweet when ripe, with a characteristic, mildly tart flavor, making it ideal for snacks, pies, or jams. Used freshly picked raw in savory salads and sweet fruit salads, sometimes combined with avocado. Also, because of the fruit's decorative appearance, it is popular in restaurants as an exotic garnish for desserts.
Cape gooseberries are low in calories (53 kcal) and contains moderate levels of vitamin C, thiamine, niacin among numerous other nutrients. Oil from different berry components, primarily its seeds, showed that linoleic acid and oleic acid were the main fatty acids, beta-sitosterol & campesterol as principal phytosterols, and the oil contained vitamin K & beta-carotene .
Cape gooseberry and its constituents, such as polyphenols and/or carotenoids, includes studies on anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties