Hawaii Desert-Thorn (Lycium sandwicense)
Description
“Pet poisonous” – Toxic parts: leaves, shoots Lycium is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. The genus has a disjunct distribution around the globe, with species occurring on most continents in temperate and subtropical regions. South America has the most species, followed by North America and southern Africa. There are several scattered across Europe and Asia, and one is native to Australia. Common names English names for plants of this genus include box-thorn and desert-thorn. The plants are also called אטד (ațad) in Hebrew and عَوْسَج (eawsaj) in Arabic.[citation needed] There are about 70[3] to 80 species. The most important are Lycium barbarum and Lycium chinense, whose fruits (wolfberries or goji berries) are an important traditional food crop in China and have recently become a popular health food all over the world.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Solanales
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Family: Solanaceae
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Genus: Lycium
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