Alkekengi
Alkekengi is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae with a single species Alkekengi officinarum. This species is native to the regions covering Southern Europe to South Asia and Northeast Asia.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSolanales
- FamilySolanaceae
Native toAlbania, Bulgaria, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Greece, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Korea, Lebanon-Syria
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Description
- Cultivation
- History
- Traditional uses
- Chemical constituents
- Cultural significance
- Fossil record
- Taxonomic history
- References
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Alkekengi is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae with a single species Alkekengi officinarum. This species is native to the regions covering Southern Europe to South Asia and Northeast Asia.
It is commonly known as the bladder cherry, Chinese lantern, Japanese-lantern, strawberry groundcherry, winter cherry, alchechengi berry, or Klabuster cherry.