Winter-cherry

Winter-cherry, the Physalis alkekengi, one of the Solanaceae, with edible red berries, also called in the United States Strawberry-tomatoes. P. peruviana, or Peruvian Gooseberry, has yellow berries. The name is given too in the United States to the Cardiospermum halicacabum, also called Balloon Vine, from the large, triangular, inflated fruit.