in the Wild by the roadside there’s a plant adorned with lantern-like fruits if you have it growing in your area let’s learn more about it together its scientific name is folus because its fruit looks like little hanging lanterns it’s often called Lantern plant Chinese lantern or ground cherry it’s an annual or bous plant in the soloni family known for its upright branching as children we used to pick its fruit and play with it enjoying the popping sound it made when we squeezed it however it’s becoming rare to see these days villagers who find it often pick its fruit clean them drain the water using a bamboo SIV and then dry them in the Sun on
