Lycium afrum L.
Type: Lycium foliis linearibus in Hortus Cliffortianus (holotype: BM)
Geographical Region: Africa
Distribution: SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape province
Habit: erect, rigid, profusely branched, thorny
Shrub height: 1.6-2 m
Leaf characteristics:
Leaf Glaucous: glaucous
Leaf Succulence: succulent
Leaf Pubescence: glabrous
Leaf Length: 14-18 mm
Leaf Width: 0.8-2 mm
Calyx characteristics:
Calyx Shape: campanulate
Calyx Tube Length: 4-6 mm
Calyx Lobe Length: 1.5 mm
Corolla characteristics:
Corolla Color: deep maroon, (wine/claret red)
Flower Shape: semi-ovate, semi-orbicular
Corolla Tube Length: 15-20 mm
Corolla Lobe Length: 2-3 mm
Merosity: 5
Filament Pubescence: bases pilose
Sexuality: hermaphroditic
Fruit characteristics:
Fruit Type: berry
Fruit Shape: spherical to slightly ellipsoid
Fruit Color: black
Fruit length: 8-13 mm
Fruit width: 8-10 mm
Varieties: breviflorum, longifolium, sublatum