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Physalis peruviana
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Physalis peruviana is Cape gooseberry/goldenberry—the lantern-husked orange berry with sweet-tart tropical tomato-pineapple flavour and tiny seeds. Husk is inedible paper; fruit inside is glossy and sticky-sweet when ripe. Andean origin; now global greenhouse and field crop. Eat out of hand, dip in chocolate, or jam. Ripe fruit often fills and may split husks slightly; unripe is green and flat. Stores better in husks. Not tomatillo (P. philadelphica)—different culinary role. Dry for raisin-like snacks sometimes.
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Andean agriculture included Physalis peruviana as a fruit crop.
Cape cultivation earned the Cape gooseberry English name.
Goldenberry marketing expanded fresh export of husked fruits.
Global café garnishes and snack packs popularised physalis widely.