Lycium torreyi A.Gray

Torrey wolfberry (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Solanaceae > Lycium

Characteristics

A shrub. It grows 3 m tall. It can be spiny. It can form thickets. The leaves are sword shaped and 5 cm long. The flowers are funnel shaped and pale blue to white. They are 1.5 cm long. They are in groups in the axils of the leaves. The fruit is a juicy orange to red berry 1 cm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Along washes and bench lands below 600 metres, especially in creosote bush scrub.
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It is a warm temperate plant. It grows in the desert and can be in salty soil.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

The fruit are dried and boiled with clay or sugar. The fruit can be eaten raw.
Uses animal food food medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Panacea (bark), Panacea (fruit), Ceremonial Medicine (leaf), Emetic (leaf), Ceremonial Medicine (root), Emetic (root), Toothache (root), Misc. Disease Remedy (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:816659-1
WFO ID wfo-0001023236
COL ID 3WKR5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lycium torreyi Lycium torreyi var. wrightii Lycium torreyi var. filiforme