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Saracha is a genus of belonging to tribe Physaleae of subfamily Solanoideae of the nightshade family Solanaceae. The genera most closely related to Saracha are Iochroma, Dunalia, and Vassobia.
It is native to Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.
The genus name of Saracha is in honour of Isidoro Saracha (1733–1803), a Spanish monk, apothecary and botanist at the Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos.Lotte Burkhardt (2025). 9783946292265, Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. . ISBN 9783946292265
It was first described and published in Fl. Peruv. Prodr. on page 31 in 1794.
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