Alkekengi
Sign in to saveAlkekengi 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
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Collections
- VT, MNHN
- Recorded in
- United States
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- Alkekengi
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- taxon common name
- 酸浆属
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Cultivation
- History
- Traditional uses
- Chemical constituents
- Cultural significance
- Fossil record
- Taxonomic history
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alkekengi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.