Chinese lantern fruit (Physalis alkekengi). Only the fruit is edible, all other parts of this plant are poisonous. The fruit is used in herbal medicin

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Chinese lantern fruit (Physalis alkekengi). Only the fruit is edible, all other parts of this plant are poisonous. The fruit is used in herbal medicine to treat the suppression of urine, fevers and gout. Photographed in Lincolnshire, UK, in November.

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