What fruit is this?!

Question: It is smaller than a cherry and is orange and has a tart taste. It is encased in dry leaves that look like a closed tulip. My grandmother calls the leaves Chinese lanterns and uses them in pot pourri. I don't think the fruit has a stone.

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Answers: It is smaller than a cherry and is orange and has a tart taste. It is encased in dry leaves that look like a closed tulip. My grandmother calls the leaves Chinese lanterns and uses them in pot pourri. I don't think the fruit has a stone.

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Sounds like a variation of the Tomatillo
http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/4DMG/Ve...

They are called: Bladder Cherry, Chinese Lantern, Ground Cherry, Strawberry Tomato, Winter Cherry.

http://www.herbs2000.com/herbs/herbs_win...

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they re Chinese lanterns dude

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Physalis alkekengi or Bladder-cherry

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I have never heard of a fruit with such a description!! Sounds tropical.

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never heard of it

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