Lycium chinense

Lycium chinense
Lycium chinense fruits
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Genus:	Lycium
Species:	L. chinense
Binomial name
Lycium chinense Mill.
Synonyms
Lycium barbarum var. chinense (Mill.) Aiton Lycium megistocarpum var. ovatum (Poir.) Dunal Lycium ovatum Poir. Lycium potaninii Pojark. Lycium rhombifolium Dippel Lycium sinense Gren. Lycium trewianum Roem. & Schult.

Lycium chinense is one of two species of boxthorn in the family Solanaceae from which the goji berry or wolfberry is harvested, the other being Lycium barbarum. Two varieties are recognized,L. chinense var. chinense and L. chinense var. potaninii.

It is also known as Chinese boxthorn, Chinese matrimony-vine, Chinese teaplant, Chinese wolfberry, wolfberry, and Chinese desert-thorn.

The plant is used in traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of nightsweats, pneumonia, cough, hematemesis, inflammation, and diabetes mellitus.

Habitus

Flower

Leaves and buds

Chinese boxthorn, dried fruit - MHNT

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