Buck Honeythorn (Lycium horridum)

Buck Honeythorn, a reference photo — Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Lycium horridum is a shrub in the nightshade family (Solanaceae) indigenous to South Africa as well as southern Namibia and Botswana.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Buck Honeythorn 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

Lycium cinereum
Lycium pumilum
Lycium schizocalyx
Lycium australe
Lycium sokotranum
Lycium shawii

Classification

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

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