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Lycium europaeum

Botanic Family

Solanaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Box Thorn

Geographical Habitats

• Albania
• Algeria
• East Aegean Islands
• Egypt
• France
• Greece
• Sinai - Israel
• Italy
• Lebanon
• Libya
• Morocco
• Palestine
• Portugal
• Syria
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Yugoslavia

Natural Habitats

• Hedgerows
• coastal

Flowering Times

• Apr May-Aug (S. Europe)

Fruiting Times

Scrambling or erect spiny nearly glabrous shrub with leaves 20mm x 4mm, twin or solitary 13mm purple, pink or white flowers with red veins, calyx 4mm long, blue-purple corolla with tube 16mm long with 5 lobes 2mm long, fruit 8mm diameter red or yellow berry

Young shoots & berries edible

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• JDH
• G. Don
• FOTA
• The Plant List 2