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African Boxthorn Lycium ferocissimum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Solanales Family: Solanaceae Genus: Lycium L.
Species
About 100, including: Lycium afrum Lycium andersonii Lycium barbarum - wolfberry Lycium berlandieri Lycium carolinianum Lycium chilense Lycium depressum Lycium europaeum Lycium exsertum Lycium ferocissimum Lycium fremontii Lycium pallidum Lycium ruthenicum Lycium tetrandrum Download high resolution version (800x696, 119 KB)African boxthorn fruit Taken by fir0002 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families at least the following: Solanaceae Convolvulaceae and others, varying between classification systems; for details see text The Solanales are an order of flowering plants, included in the asterid group of dicotyledons. ... Genera Acnistus Atropa (deadly nightshade) Brugmansia (angels trumpet) Calibrachoa Capsicum (chile peppers) Cestrum Chamaesaracha Combera Crenidium Cuatresia Cyphanthera Cyphomandra Datura (jimsonweed) Hyoscyamus (henbane) Iochroma Lycium (boxthorn) Lycopersicon (tomato) Mandragora (mandrake) Nicandra Nicotiana (tobacco) Petunia Physalis (tomatillo) Solandra Solanum (potato, eggplant) Streptosolen For more genera see Solanaceae in The Families... Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné â–¶(?), and in English usually under the Latinized name Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy. ... Binomial name Lycium barbarum L. Chinese Wolfberry (枸杞子 gou3 qi3 zi3 or 寧夏枸杞 ning2xia4 gou3 qi3) is the common name for the fruit of Lycium barbarum or , a species boxthorn in the family Solanaceae. ...

Boxthorn (Lycium) is a genus of about 100 species of plants in the Solanaceae, native throughout most of the tropical and warm temperate zones of the world. Other names include Christmas berry, Matrimony vine, and the confusing "Tea-tree" (it is not related to tea, and with the foliage being toxic, should not be used as such). Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a... Genera Acnistus Atropa (deadly nightshade) Brugmansia (angels trumpet) Calibrachoa Capsicum (chile peppers) Cestrum Chamaesaracha Combera Crenidium Cuatresia Cyphanthera Cyphomandra Datura (jimsonweed) Hyoscyamus (henbane) Iochroma Lycium (boxthorn) Lycopersicon (tomato) Mandragora (mandrake) Nicandra Nicotiana (tobacco) Petunia Physalis (tomatillo) Solandra Solanum (potato, eggplant) Streptosolen For more genera see Solanaceae in The Families... The tropics are the geographic region of the Earth centered on the equator and limited in latitude by the two tropics: the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere. ... In geography, temperate latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. ... The World in plate carrée projection The World In English, world is rooted in a compound of the obsolete words were, man, and eld, age; thus, its oldest meaning is age or life of man. Its primary modern meaning is the planet Earth, especially when capitalized: the World. ... A cup of hot tea A tea bush. ...

African Boxthorn shrub

They are shrubs, usually spiny, with deciduous or evergreen alternate, simple leaves 1-8 cm long. The flowers are solitary or in small clusters, 6-25 mm diameter, with a corolla of five purple, white or greenish-white petals joined together at their bases. The fruit is a red, purple or black berry 8-20 mm diameter, similar to a nightshade or bittersweet berry. In some species, notably L. barbarum (Wolfberry), the fruit is edible (see that species for further detail). African boxthorn Taken by fir0002 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... African boxthorn Taken by fir0002 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A willow shrub A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 m tall. ... Deciduous means temporary or tending to fall off (deriving from the Latin word decidere, to fall off). ... A Silver Fir shoot showing three successive years of retained leaves In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant which retains its leaves year-round, with each leaf persisting for more than 12 months. ... In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... Wildflowers Flower (Latin flos, floris; French fleur), a term popularly used for the bloom or blossom of a plant, is the reproductive structure of those plants classified as angiosperms (flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). ... Fruit stall in Barcelona, Catalonia. ... Several types of berries from the market, but none of these are true berries. ... Species See text Solanum is a genus of annuals, perennials, sub-shrubs, shrubs and climbers. ... Species Solanum dulcamara - Bittersweet Bittersweet, Solanum dulcamara, is a species of vine in the potato genus Solanum, family Solanaceae. ... Binomial name Lycium barbarum L. Chinese Wolfberry (枸杞子 gou3 qi3 zi3 or 寧夏枸杞 ning2xia4 gou3 qi3) is the common name for the fruit of Lycium barbarum or , a species boxthorn in the family Solanaceae. ...

Uses

The bark has been used as medicine in China since 100 A.D. The fruit is known in China as gouqizi (枸杞子), where it (not the leaves) is used in herbal teas. The broth is used to treat atrophic gastritis. The berries may also be eaten whole and are used in this way to treat Diabetes. Research has shown the primary active ingredients to be polysaccharides, betaine and physalin. Species Lycium barbarum L. Lycium chinense Miller Wolfberry is also another name for the western snowberry, Symphoricarpos occidentalis Chinese Wolfberry is the common name for the fruit of Lycium barbarum (Chinese: 宁夏枸杞; pinyin: ) or (Chinese: 枸杞; pinyin: , or Chinese: 枸杞子; pinyin: ), two species of boxthorn in the family Solanaceae. ... A herbal tea, tisane, or ptisan is a herbal infusion other than that made with real (white, yellow, black, oolong, or green) tea (Camellia sinensis). ... Atrophic gastritis is generally caused by an overgrowth of bacteria It can lead to inflammation decrease secretion of hydrochloric acid decreased secretion or production of pepsin Categories: Medicine stubs ... Polysaccharides (sometimes called glycans) are relatively complex carbohydrates. ... Trimethylglycine (Betaine) functions very closely with choline, folic acid, vitamin B12, and a form of the amino acid methionine known as S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe). ...

African Boxthorn flower

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References

• Dharmananda, S. Lycium Fruit. Lycium Fruit. URL accessed on 2005-09-06, 1997.