Weed Herbarium

Foska begun

Common Name: Gooseberry
Scientific Name: Physalis minima L.
Family Name: Solanaceae
Type: Broadleaf Herb

Identification Notes

EPPO Code

PHYMI

Life Cycle

Annual

Morphology

Stem: erect, straight, more or less pubescent, often viscid; Leaves: simple, alternate, ovate, acute, more or less pubescent; Inflorescence: solitary, campanulate, axillary, corolla yellow and purple at base; Fruit: berry, round; Seed: reniform, orange yellow.

Growing season

Rabi

Germination period

November to January

Flowering period

February to April

Propagation

By seed

Habitat

Found in the fields of pulses, sunnhemp, wheat, barley, potato, and other rabi vegetables. Also found in roadsides, homesteads and levee of crop fields.

Department of Agronomy

Bangladesh Agricultural University

Foska begun

EPPO Code

Life Cycle

Morphology

Growing season

Germination period

Flowering period

Propagation

Habitat

Weed potential

Control measure

Recommended herbicide

Distribution

Medicinal properties

References