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4. Lycium barbarum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl.  1: 192.  1753.  
宁夏枸杞 ning xia gou qi 
 
 
 
 
 
Shrubs (small tree in cultivation) 0.8-2 m tall. Stems and branches glabrous, branches thorny. Leaves solitary or fasciculate, lanceolate or long elliptic, 2-3 cm × 3-6 mm. Inflorescences solitary or clustered flowers. Pedicel 1-2 cm. Calyx campanulate, 4-5 mm, usually 2-lobed, lobes 2- or 3- toothed at apex. Corolla purple, funnelform; tube 8-10 mm, obviously longer than limb and lobes; lobes 5-6 mm, spreading, margin glabrescent. Stamens and style slightly exserted. Berry red or orange-yellow, oblong or ovoid, 0.4-2 cm × 5-10 mm. Seeds usually 4-20, brown-yellow, ca. 2 mm. 
 
 
 
* Gansu, N Hebei, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, N Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang 
 
 
 
 
 
                         
		
                          
                          
			
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  | 1 | Leaves broad, membranous or papery; seeds more than 15; berries red |  | 4a var. barbarum |  
  | + | Leaves narrow, fleshy; seeds 4-8; berries orange yellow |  | 4b var. auranticarpum |  |  
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