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Large-flowered Tomatillo
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Large-flowered Tomatillo

Physalis philadelphica

The tomatillo (Physalis philadelphica), also known as the Mexican husk tomato, is a plant of the nightshade family bearing small, spherical and green or green-purple fruit of the same name.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Large-flowered Tomatillo in History of the Plants of New Spain, Volume 3

History of the Plants of New Spain, Volume 3

Francisco Hernández (1517-1587) · 1946 · p.17

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51734.