Kingdom Plantae Clade Eudicots Order Solanales Scientific name Lycium chinense | Clade Angiosperms Clade Asterids Family Solanaceae Rank Species | |
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Similar Lycium, Matrimony vine, Nightshade, Globularia cordifolia, Lycium ruthenicum | ||
Goji berry tasting lycium barbarum vs lycium chinense
Lycium chinense is one of two species of boxthorn in the family Solanaceae from which the goji berry or wolfberry is harvested, the other being Lycium barbarum. Two varieties are recognized, L. chinense var. chinense and L. chinense var. potaninii.
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It is also known as Chinese boxthorn, Chinese matrimony-vine, Chinese teaplant, Chinese wolfberry, wolfberry, and Chinese desert-thorn.
The plant is used in traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of nightsweats, pneumonia, cough, hematemesis, inflammation, and diabetes mellitus.
The lycium chinense of zhongning
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Lycium chinense Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA