Lycium schweinfurthii Dammer

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Solanaceae > Lycium

Characteristics

A spiny shrub. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves are 10-50 mm long. The flowers are mauve. They are 15-20 mm long. The fruit are black or occasionally orange.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Sandy soils of the coastal plain and the Negev Desert in Israel.
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It is a Mediterranean plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
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Images

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Distribution

Lycium schweinfurthii world distribution map, present in Cyprus, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, Greece, Croatia, Israel, Italy, Morocco, Mauritania, and Portugal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:816623-1
WFO ID wfo-0001023165
COL ID 3WKQ9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lycium schweinfurthii