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Genus: Lycium Life
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> Euasterid I > Order: Solanales > Family: Solanaceae
About 100 species, found worldwide in warm and temperate
regions, especially the New World. There are about 23 species native to southern
Africa, with an additional two species cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants of
southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
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Lycium acutifolium
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Lycium afrum |
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Lycium amoenum |
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Lycium arenicola |
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Lycium bosciifolium |
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Lycium cinereum |
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Lycium decumbens |
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Lycium eenii |
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Lycium ferocissimum |
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Lycium gariepense |
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Lycium grandicalyx |
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Lycium hirsutum |
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Lycium horridum |
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Lycium mascarenense |
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Lycium oxycarpum |
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Lycium pilifolium |
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Lycium pumilum |
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Lycium schizocalyx |
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Lycium shawii |
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Lycium strandveldense |
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Lycium tenue |
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Lycium tetrandrum |
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Lycium villosum |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from
Glen (2002).
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Lycium barbatum (Duke of
Argyll's tea tree)
Native to the Mediterranean.
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Lycium chinensis
Native to China.
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Herbivores in southern Africa
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