Name of fruit - for a lesson I'm preparing!

Physalis, they are lovely.

Physalis, I believe. FISALIS pronunciation.

Kamqauts im sure(used to sell them in greengrocers where i worked a long time ago)

Same colour as a persimmon but much smaller…walnut size?

Physalis, pronounced fie suh lus
www.google.com/search?q=physalis+pronunciation&rlz=1CDGOYI_enGB768GB768&oq=phy&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqDggAEEUYJxg7GIAEGIoFMg4IABBFGCcYOxiABBiKBTIGCAEQRRg5MgwIAhAAGEMYgAQYigUyDAgDEAAYQxiABBiKBTIMCAQQABhDGIAEGIoFMg8IBRAAGEMYsQMYgAQYigUyCggGEAAYsQMYgAQyCggHEC4YsQMYgAQyDQgIEAAYsQMYyQMYgAQyBwgJEC4YgATSAQgzMjY0ajBqN6gCGbACAeIDBBgBIF_xBVbIFd_SSBY-&hl=en-GB&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#ebo=1

Looks like a persimmon to me😋😋

Don't know but they look delicious.
Must try them.
😋

I always knew them as Chinese lanterns - although this may be a different variety of the same plant whose fruits are sold in shops now.
Our neighbour grew them for colour in winter flower arrangements
www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-plants/how-to-grow-chinese-lantern-plant-physalis-alkekengi/

Just be careful not to say syphilis. Sorry Professor Spooner.

I think you should call them Physalis - that is their name really - and using "gooseberry" is misleading.

It had never occurred to me to call them anything but Physalis.

MartavTaurus Cape Gooseberry/Physallis does sound a bit grim 🤣🤣

They grew wild in South Africa and knew them as cape gooseberry. We used to eat them while playing in scrub land

Physalis, beautiful used as decoration on top of a cake!

Indeed, Esme, they are Cape Gooseberries which is a misnomer as they don't come from The Cape [of Good Hope] and originate from Brazil as you point out. They are called Cape gooseberries as they are surrounded by a type of coat, once known as a cape. The question 'where do Cape gooseberries come from' was always a popular quiz question in my part of the world along with "after what creature are the Canary Islands named" and "how long did the Hundred Years war last"

Daftapath

They are always known as syphalis in our family. We wouldn’t call them cape gooseberry, thought that was something else. Obviously we all know they are physalis and I would be disappointed in a teacher not calling them by their correct name! 😄

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You've not met the teenage pupils I'm teaching!!

Babamaman

Are they ‘ kumquat’?

I wondered that initially.

Aka Peruvian Groundcherries or Inca Berry

Cape gooseberry, also known as Physalis, golden berry, or Aguaymanto.

They are always known as syphalis in our family. We wouldn’t call them cape gooseberry, thought that was something else. Obviously we all know they are physalis and I would be disappointed in a teacher not calling them by their correct name! 😄

@CrazyH, @Babamaman, kumquats grow on small trees and are tiny oval orange-type fruit-
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumquat

Physalis/Cape Gooseberries are small plants that grow on the ground-
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physalis_peruviana

We had CGs growing wild in the garden in London in the 1960s, as children we used to feed them to the pigeons and squirrels, until a relative told our parents they were edible for humans- then they became a dessert for the adults!😆

Are they ‘ kumquat’?

I see what you mean! I’d never noticed that before! 🤣

Kumquat ?

polomint

I love them but havnt seen them in any supermarket in recent months. Yes I guess the p word can be misleading if mentioned in a conversation ike I had with a friend when I told her I had them earlier in the year! My pronunciation came out wrongly! I now refer to them as cape gooseberries

I had them from Sainsbury’s two weeks ago so they are about.

JamesandJon33

Or as one teacher at our school said, syphilis 🤭

I always want to say that and have to be really careful