Schweinfurth's Tea-tree

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Lycium schweinfurthii

Schweinfurth's Tea-tree, a reference photo
Photo: איתן פרמן · CC BY 3.0 (licence)

Lycium schweinfurthii is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae. The plant occurs in the south of the Mediterranean in Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Cyprus and southern Aegean (Crete, Karpathos, Rhodes) and Sicily and Pantelleria.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Schweinfurth's Tea-tree being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Solanales
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Lycium
Species
Lycium schweinfurthii

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