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The lantern-like covering that hides the soft berry inside turn yellowish when fully ripe.
Location : Butterfly Garden, Zone C |
The fruits of the Letup-Letup are now just ripe to eat. The fruits are contained in a lantern-like structure that is in reality an enlarged calyx. The fruits are soft yellowish berries when fully ripe and rounded and taste just like tomatoes. I like to eat them freshly plucked or can also be served as dessert or in mixed salad. The fruits are called 'Letup' because once pressed in a clapping motion between our palms the lantern-like structure breaks and produces a popping 'top-top' sounds, thus the name Letup in Malay.
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| The Letup-Letup ( Lesser Bladder Cherry) - Physalis minima belongs to the Tomatao family ( Solanaceae) |
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| Just nice for dessert |
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