Species
Goji
Lycium barbarum
Varieties
1 entriesLycium barbarum is a woody shrub of Solanaceae with narrow, smooth leaves. Lavender-purple, funnel-shaped flowers develop into fleshy berries, described botanically as red or orange-yellow.
Botanical characteristics
Several seeds lie inside each berry, distinguishing the fruit from a dry seed capsule.
A woody member of Solanaceae
Goji identifies the species seed reference in the bulk assortment for resellers.
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Species profile
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Lycium barbarum
- Common names
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- almindelig bukketorn, barbary matrimony vine, barbary matrimony-vine, bocksdorn, bocktörne, boksdoorn, bukketorn, cambroeira, catina de garduri, chinese boxthorn, chinese wolfberry, common matrimony vine, common matrimonyvine, duke of argyll's tea-tree, duke of argyll's teaplant, duke of argyll's teatree, dygliuotasis ožerškis, gewone boksdoorn, gewöhnlicher bocksdorn, goji berry, goji-berry, harilik taralõng, himalayan goji, kolcowój szkarłatny, kustovnica cudzia, kustovnice cizí, lyciet, lyciet commun, lyciet de barbarie, matrimony vine, matrimony-vine, matrimonyvine, ning xia gou qi, parast, spina santa di barberia, tibetan goji, wolfberry, ysbeinwydd hardd, ysbeinwydden hardd, 영하구기자
- Synonyms
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- Boberella halimifolia, Jasminoides flaccidum, Lycium barbarum var. aurantiicarpum, Lycium barbarum var. implicatum, Lycium barbarum var. vulgare, Lycium barbatum, Lycium chinense f. turbinatum, Lycium chinense var. cochinchinense, Lycium cochinchinense, Lycium dunalianum, Lycium floridum, Lycium halimifolium, Lycium inerme, Lycium thunbergii, Lycium trewianum, Lycium turbinatum, Lycium vulgare, Lycium vulgare f. afroides, Lycium vulgare f. depressum, Lycium vulgare subvar. foliosum, Lycium vulgare var. barbarum, Lycium vulgare var. boissieri, Teremis elliptica
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Solanales
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Lycium
- Species
- Lycium barbarum