Sweet Cape Gooseberry
The ripe fruits are considered a good source of Vitamin P and are rich in pectin.
Toxicity
Unripe fruits are poisonous. The plant is believed to have caused illness and death in cattle in Australia.
Other Uses
Fruits: In the 18th Century, the fruits were perfumed and worn for adornment by native women in Peru.
Medicinal Uses: In Colombia, the leaf decoction is taken as a diuretic and antiasthmatic. In South Africa, the heated leaves are applied as poultices on inflammations and the Zulus administer the leaf infusion as an enema to relieve abdominal ailments in children.
Indian chemists have isolated from the leaves a minor steroidal constituent, physalolactone C.
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