name: Lantern Fruit
flavor_db_name_variants: lantern fruit
source: foodb
status: draft
food_db_id: Lantern fruit
id: 986
name_scientific: Physalis alkekengi
description: Physalis alkekengi (bladder cherry, Chinese lantern,Japanese-lantern,strawberry groundcherry,or winter cherry) is a relative of P. peruviana.It is easily identifiable by the large, bright orange to red papery covering over its fruit, which resembles paper lanterns. It grows naturally in the regions covering Southern Europe to South Asia and Northeast Asia.
itis_id: null
wikipedia_id: null
picture_file_name: Lantern_fruit.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 207149
picture_updated_at: 2020-04-17T16:23:41.000Z
legacy_id: null
food_group: Fruits
food_subgroup: Berries
food_type: Type 1
created_at: 2020-01-24T17:05:37.000Z
updated_at: 2020-04-17T16:23:42.000Z
creator_id: null
updater_id: null
export_to_afcdb: false
category: null
ncbi_taxonomy_id: null
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00986