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Taxon:  Lycium barbarum L.



Summary
Genus:
Lycium
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Lycieae
Nomen number:
22939
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:192. 1753
Verified:
04/30/1999 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Lycium halimifolium Mill.
Lycium vulgare Dunal
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
Barbary matrimony-vine –
Chinese boxthorn –
Chinese wolfberry –
Duke of Argyll's teaplant –
Duke of Argyll's teatree –
goji-berry –
Himalayan goji –
matrimony-vine –
Tibetan goji –
English (Canada)
matrimonyvine –
French (Canada)
lyciet de Barbarie –
German
Bocksdorn –
Swedish
bocktörne –
Transcribed Chinese
ning xia gou qi –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGansu Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHebei Shengn.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaNei Mongol Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaNingxia Huizi Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaQinghai Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShanxi Shengn.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu 
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina also cult.
4Naturalized    natzd. elsewhere
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Gansu Sheng, Hebei Sheng (n.), Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, Ningxia Huizi Zizhiqu, Qinghai Sheng, Shanxi Sheng (n.), Sichuan Sheng, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu]
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China (also cult.)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodfruitfide Handb Pl Breed Fruit 4:99. 2012Hummer, K. E. et al. 2012. Chapter 4. Emerging fruit crops. Handbook of plant breeding. Fruit breeding 4:129-135.
Medicinesfolklore Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsas Lycium halimifoliumKingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=22939. Accessed 15 May 2025.