What is the Jerusalem cherry?
Jerusalem cherry is a type of permanent plant with poisonous fruit. Also known as solanum pseudocapsicum , it is a night species originally originally in Peru. It is often maintained as an ordinary house plant and is so widespread in Australia that it is considered invasive weeds.
has a red, poisonous fruit that looks and tastes similar to cherry tomatoes and is often confused with them. However, eating fruit from this plant is rarely life -threatening for humans and is likely to cause vomiting and gastroenteritis. It can also cause diarrhea, drowsiness and headache. In extremely rare cases, the consumption of fruit can lead to delirium, hallucinations and even a coma. Ingred enough could be fatal for dogs, cats and birds, which are kept as pets such as parrots.
Jerusalem cherry is also referred to as Madeira winter cherries, winter cherries and false Jerusalem cherry ( solanum capsicastrum ). Jerusalem cherry and unlisherThe cherry -cherry was once recognized as two separate plants, while the false version was slightly smaller and flipped through with a gray shade. Both plants are now generally referred to as the same in most horticultural and plant books.
plants can live for up to 10 years, but do not produce their poisonous fruit until the second or three years. Once it blooms once, it usually produces every year after. Small white flowers are the first sign that the plant begins in half. Flowers follow fruit similar to cherry tomatoes. They start green and then with gold, orange and red. Jerusalem cherries like full sunlight, but if necessary it can tolerate a partial or light shade. It needs a warmer climate and prefers to be kept outside the whole year. Jerusalem cherry plants are susceptible to mold, root rot, leaves of leaves, southern mold, lounges and crown rot, including the disease.
The name is an incorrect name because the plant carries real cherries and is not originally from Jerusalem or area. One theory of the origin of its name is that the gardener brought back seeds or plants from the private garden of someone in Jerusalem and simply attached the name of the country to the plant without examining his real native country. Several other plants called Jerusalem also have little to do with the country itself. One authority assumes that Jerusalem is a substitute for a foreign or exotic country when the name of the plant does not have a background that could attribute to the plant.