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Lycium ruthenicum Murray.

Type:

Geographical Region: Eurasia

Distribution: CHINA: Provinces Gansu, Nei Mongol, Ningzia, Quinghai, N Shaanxi, Xinjiang, Xizang; AFGHANISTAN; KAZAKHSTAN; KYRGYSTAN; MONGOLIA; PAKISTAN; RUSSIA; TAJIKISTAN; TURKMENISTAN; UZBEKISTAN; TIBET

Habit: erect

Shrub height: 0.2-0.5 m

Leaf characteristics:

Leaf Succulence: succulent
Leaf Length: 5-30 mm
Leaf Width: 2-7 mm

Calyx characteristics:

Calyx Shape: narrowly campanulate
Calyx Pubescence: sparsely ciliate
Calyx Tube Length: 4-5 mm

Corolla characteristics:

Corolla Color: pale purple
Flower Shape: funnel-form
Corolla Tube Length: 12 mm
Corolla Lobe Length: 1/3 to 1/2 as long as corolla tube

Filament Pubescence: pubescent

Sexuality: hermaphroditic

Fruit characteristics:

Fruit Type: berry
Fruit Shape: globose
Fruit Color: purple-black
Fruit length: 6-9 mm diameter

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