Ground Cherry

A low growing shrub with distinctive papery lantern-shaped husks surrounding the fruit. When ripe, the cherry sized fruits are yellow-orange with a sweet pineapple flavour and tend to fall on the ground, lending them the name, Ground Cherry. It is an annu... Read Moreal that prefers areas free of frost. They must be eaten when ripe as the fruit contains toxins. They are perfect eaten fresh but can be used in preserves and for drying