Physalis subglabrata

[5553b4442]

In wikipedia says it is psychoactive (hallucinogenic), but it fails to mention the active substance. Any ideas on this one ?
It is a very common fruit...easily grown from seed.

 

[Pariah]

I don't think solanine is hallucinogenic .... its in potato and tomato plants as well... I don't know if there are other alkaloids, but it doesn't matter, eating ground cherry will make you very ill - I would advise you *not* to try it.

could you supply the link that says there are hallucinogens?

 

[5553b4442]

of course:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physalis

Check out the second paragraph counting from the bottom of the article. If I tried every thing that it is hallucinogenic, i would had my stomach filled with daturas. Simple curiosity, since this genus is rarely mentioned.

 

[Pariah]

Thanks, a bit of revision on my part shows solanine does have hallucinogenic effects afterall:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanine

I don't know if physalis have other alkaloids, but they do have solanine as far as I know....

a good book I refer too every now and then can be found googlebooks:

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-J-Y ... g#PPR12,M1



bit of a long link I know... but a wide range of info on lots of plants from a medical point of view.

 

[5553b4442]

Thank you for your help, people like this are becoming an endangered species. I didn't know about solanine, i'll check everything (and perhaps a little more) about it.

 

[magickpencil]

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=...g=ACfU3U1Bf8tkKSsepwAtI6DWN5kW2wo9ng#PPR12,M1



bit of a long link I know...

tinyurl.com

 

[Pariah]

Thanks, I think I'll keep that in my favorites :wink:

 

[yourstruly86]

eating ground cherry will make you very ill - I would advise you *not* to try it.

Ground cherries will NOT make you ill. I currently have a bunch in front of me and have many patients that eat them.