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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 ...
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 ...
The bell-shaped or tubular calyx (eventually ruptured by the growing berry) splits halfway into short, triangular, densely ciliate lobes. The corollae is a tube that splits into lavender or light purple petals , 9–14 mm (0.35–0.55 in) wide with five or six lobes longer than the tube, with short hairs at the edge.
Goji berries also have a ton of iron, zinc, calcium and antioxidants. Recipes: Green Smoothie Bowl , Seeds and Goji Berry Granola , Roasted Butternut and Goji Berry Superfood Salad 11.
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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]
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