Lycium ruthenicum (Chinese: 黑果枸杞; pinyin: hei guo gou qi), is a flowering plant commonly known as Russian box thorn in the West. It is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family which can be found in Central Asia, southern part of Russia, throughout Northwest China, Northern India and Pakistan. Also commonly known as black fruit wolfberry, siyah goji, black goji and kaokee.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Russian box thorn 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 shawii
- Lycium andersonii
- Lycium schweinfurthii
- Lycium bosciifolium
- Lycium cinereum
- Zygophyllum xanthoxylum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Solanales
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Lycium
- Species
- Lycium ruthenicum
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