Saracha is a genus of flowering plants belonging to tribe Physaleae of subfamily Solanoideae of the nightshade family Solanaceae.
The genera most closely related to Saracha are Iochroma, Dunalia, and Vassobia.
[1] It is native to Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.
[1] 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.
[2] It was first described and published in Fl.