Lycium arenicola
Miers
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Description
A shrub. It grows 3-4 m tall. Young branches hand down. They can be thorny. The leaves are clustered on the branches. They are 14-25 mm long by 1-3 mm wide. Male and female flowers are separate. The fruit are red and when ripe are red to black. They are 4-5 mm long by 3-4 mm wide.
Edible Uses
The ripe fruit are eaten as a snack.
Traditional Uses
Fruit is eaten as a snack.
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Distribution
It is a subtropical plant.
Where It Grows
Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa, Southern Africa,
Synonyms
References (2)
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 102
- Welcome, A. K. & Van Wyk, B.-E., 2019, An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 136–179
