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Lycium barbarum berries (Tibetan goji) from Ningxia Lycium chinense berries (Chinese wolfberry). Goji, goji berry, or wolfberry (Chinese: 枸杞; pinyin: gǒuqǐ) is the sweet fruit of either Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense, two closely related species of boxthorn in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. [1]
Like tomatoes and gooseberries, goji berries are in the nightshade family, says Emmaline Rasmussen, RDN, a registered dietitian nutritionist in Chicago. “They share the same characteristic of ...
Fruits including tomatoes, tomatillos, eggplant/aubergine, bell peppers and chili peppers, all of which are closely related members of the Solanaceae.. The Solanaceae (/ ˌ s ɒ l ə ˈ n eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /), [3] or the nightshades, is a family of flowering plants that ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs, and trees, and includes a number of ...
The fruit of L. barbarum, the main variety of goji berry, is a bright orange-red, ellipsoid berry 1–2 cm (0.39–0.79 in) in diameter. The fruiting calyx is split deeply once or twice. The number of seeds in each berry varies widely based on cultivar and fruit size, ranging from 10 to 60. The seeds are about 2 mm long, 1 mm wide, yellowish ...
For more than 2,000 years, sweet-but-tart goji berries have been a part of traditional Chinese medicine. Goji berries are traditionally used in Chinese soups and teas, according to research in a ...
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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] 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, [2] Northern India and Pakistan. [3]
The funnel-shaped or bell-shaped corolla is white, green, or purple in color. The fruit is a two-chambered, usually fleshy and juicy berry which can be red, orange, yellow, or black. It may have few seeds or many. [5] [7] Most Lycium have fleshy, red berries with over 10 seeds, but a few American taxa have hard fruits with two seeds. [8]