Lycium oxycarpum Dunal

Species

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Characteristics

Shrub, or occasionally a small tree, 0.5-5.0 m high; with a spreading crown of curved branches. Stems rigid, curved, sometimes erect, thickened at nodes, glabrous; young stems pendulous and often unbranched, pale grey or creamy white, older stems dark brown. Leaves clustered on branchlets and thorns, 6-13 per cluster, solitary and alternate on young stems, herbaceous to semisucculent, subsessile or petioles up to 5 mm long; blade obovate, narrowly obovate to oblong-elliptic, 20-30 x 3-8 mm, bright green to yellowish green, glabrous. Flowers: bisexual; solitary or 2 per cluster; stamens and style included or slightly exserted from corolla mouth; ring-shaped nectary around ovary base green; calyx tubular to trumpet-shaped, 3-5 mm long, with short lobes; corolla trumpet-shaped with tube narrowly tubular, occasionally curved, 20-24 mm long, glabrous outside, pilose inside at stamen insertion, dirty white or cream-coloured to greenish cream-coloured with violet lobes and purple venation, lobes 2-3 mm long, spreading; Apr.-Oct., depending on seasonal rain. Fruit an oblong-elliptic berry, 5-6 x 3-5 mm, red.
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Much-branched, thorny shrub or small tree, up to 3 m tall, branches curved. Leaves herbaceous to semi-succulent, solitary or in loose clusters, obovate to oblong-elliptic, 20-30(-50) mm long. Flowers bisexual, narrowly tubular, 20-24 mm long, creamy white with violet veins, lobes violet, spreading, calyx small. Berries red, ellipsoidal, 5-7 mm long.
Thorny shrub or small tree to 3 m. Leaves alternate and in tufts on short shoots, herbaceous or leathery, oblanceolate, 20-50 x 3-11 mm. Flowers bisexual, tubular, cream-coloured and purple, tube 15-24 mm with petals 2-3 mm long, stamens inserted ± halfway up tube, included or slightly exserted. Berries 5-6(-10) mm diam., red.
Shrub or occasionally small tree, up to 3-5 m high, with curved branches. Leaves narrowly obovate to oblong-elliptic, 20-30 mm long, herbaceous, glabrous. Flowers bisexual; calyx tubular, 3-5 mm long; corolla 20-24 mm long; nectary green, inconspicuous. Flowering time May-Oct. Fruit elliptic, red berry.
A thorny shrub. It grows 3 m tall. The leaves are alternate and in tufts on short shoots. They are 20-50 mm long by 3-11 mm wide. The flowers have both sexes. They are tube shaped and cream with the tube being purple. The fruit are oval red berries. They are 5-7 mm long by 3-5 mm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.0 - 5.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
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Soil humidity 7-9
Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten as a snack.
Uses animal food environmental use medicinal
Edible fruits
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Images

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Distribution

Lycium oxycarpum world distribution map, present in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa

Conservation status

Lycium oxycarpum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:816563-1
WFO ID wfo-0001023053
COL ID 3WKNF
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Lycium cinereum f. grandiflora Lycium cinereum f. parvifolia Lycium cinereum var. grandiflora Lycium cinereum var. parvifolia Lycium austrinum Lycium oxycarpum Lycium bachmannii Lycium cinereum subsp. oxycarpum Lycium cinereum var. austrinum Lycium oxycarpum var. angustifolium Lycium oxycarpum var. grandiflorum Lycium oxycarpum var. parvifolium