| Lycium ruthenicum | |
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| Lycium ruthenicum fruits | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Genus: | Lycium |
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L. ruthenicum
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| Lycium ruthenicum Murray | |
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.[1] is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family which can be found in Central Asia, southern part of Russia, throughout Northwest China,[2] Northern India and Pakistan.[3] Also commonly known as black fruit wolfberry, siyah goji, and kaokee.[4]
The species is either 1.8 centimetres (0.71 in),[1] 20–50 centimetres (7.9–19.7 in),[2] 20–150 centimetres (7.9–59.1 in),[5] or 180 centimetres (71 in) tall.[3] The leaves are either 5–30 millimetres (0.20–1.18 in),[5] 0.6–2.5 centimetres (0.24–0.98 in),[1] or 6–25 millimetres (0.24–0.98 in) by 1–1.5 millimetres (0.039–0.059 in).[3] It have 2-4 sepals each one of which is bell-shaped and 3–4 millimetres (0.12–0.16 in) long.[5] Pedicels are either 5–10 millimetres (0.20–0.39 in) long[2] or can be as long as it sepals. The calyx is 2.5–3.5 millimetres (0.098–0.138 in) long[3] but can be companulate and exceed 4–5 millimetres (0.16–0.20 in).[2] Corolla's tube is 5–7 millimetres (0.20–0.28 in) long with stamens have 5–8 millimetres (0.20–0.31 in) long berries[3] (which can sometimes grow up to 9 millimetres (0.35 in))[2] which are also broad and globose.[2] The fruits' seeds are brown coloured and are 1.5–2 millimetres (0.059–0.079 in) long.[2] The flowering time is June to August[3] but can sometimes bloom in May too. Fruits mature from August to October.[2]
InIndia, it grows in Nubra Valley where it is used by native people to cure blindnessincamels. In Central Asia and Northwest China the species grows on elevation of 400–3,000 metres (1,300–9,800 ft)[1]insaline deserts, sands and roadsides.[2]
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Complete guide of black wolfberry. Sinaeangift. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
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