Lycium pallidum Miers

Pale desert-thorn (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Solanaceae > Lycium

Characteristics

A deciduous shrub. It grows 1.8 m high. It has many spreading thorns. The branches are often long and twisted. The leaves are oblong and thick and fleshy. The flowers are tube shaped and are yellow-green with a purple tinge. They flowers occur either single or in pairs. The corolla tube is 3 times as long as the petals around it. The fruit are bright red berries.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.8
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.4
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It can tolerate sea spray once established. It suits hardiness zones 6-10.
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Dry plains and hills.
Light 7-8
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 5-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-9

Usage

The fruit are eaten fresh or raw. They can be cooked or dried for future use.
Uses animal food beverage food medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Panacea (bark), Panacea (fruit), Ceremonial Medicine (leaf), Emetic (leaf), Toothache (root), Ceremonial Medicine (root), Emetic (root), Ceremonial Medicine (unspecified), Misc. Disease Remedy (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

It is difficult to grow plants from cuttings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Lycium pallidum unspecified picture

Distribution

Lycium pallidum world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:816566-1
WFO ID wfo-0001023059
COL ID 3WKNJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Lycium pallidum Lycium pallidum var. pallidum Lycium pallidum var. oligospermum Lycium pallidum f. pallidum