Lycium amoenum Dammer

Species

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Characteristics

Stiffly branched, thorny shrub to 3 m. Leaves in tufts on short shoots, leathery, elliptic-obovate, 12-24 x 3-7 mm. Flowers bisexual, bell-shaped, cream-coloured and purple, tube 10-17 mm long with petals 3-4 mm long, stamens inserted just below middle of tube, well exserted. Berries 8-12 mm diam., red.
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Rigid, thorny shrub, up to 2.5 m tall. Leaves in dense clusters, obovate to oblong, 12-24 mm long, semi-succulent. Flowers bisexual, large, bell-to broadly funnel-shaped, 10-14 mm long, off-white with purple veins, lobes purple, reflexed. Berries red, broadly ovoidal to spherical, 8-10 mm diam.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.5
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-8
Soil texture 6-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

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Distribution

Lycium amoenum world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:816337-1
WFO ID wfo-0001022635
COL ID 3WKGC
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Lycium amoenum Lycium campanulatum