Are Lycium Chinense and Physalis Angulata in the same botanical family?

Yes — both belong to Solanaceae.

Can you substitute Lycium Chinense for Physalis Angulata?

They share the Solanaceae family, so they can sometimes substitute in recipes — with notable differences in aroma.

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Lycium Chinense vs Physalis Angulata

Lycium chinense · Physalis angulata

Lycium Chinense

Lycium chinense

T Traditional Use

Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Lycium
Primary use: medicinal

Lycium chinense is one of two species of boxthorn shrub in the family Solanaceae. Along with Lycium barbarum, it produces the goji berry ("wolfberry"). Two varieties are recognized, L. chinense var. chinense and L. chinense var. potaninii. It is also known as Chinese boxthorn, Ch…

Physalis Angulata

Physalis angulata

T Traditional Use

Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Physalis
Primary use: medicinal

Physalis angulata is an erect herbaceous annual plant belonging to the nightshade family Solanaceae. Its leaves are dark green and roughly ovate, often with serrate margins. The flowers are five-sided and pale yellow; the yellow-orange fruits are borne inside a balloon-like calyx…

At a glance

· Both in Solanaceae, but different genera (Lycium vs Physalis).
· Both are primarily medicinal.
· Evidence tiers — Lycium Chinense: T; Physalis Angulata: T.