| Accepted name: |
Lycium chinense Miller |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Chinese Matrimony-vine
Gow Gee
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| French names: |
Lyciet de Chine
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
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| OPL Code: |
WLYCCH
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
1.2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Leaves and shoots find use as cooking vegetables and are eaten as accompaniments to pig meat. Berries and bark are used in many places in folk medicine especially in China(1). Used in toothaches and rheumatism(2). |
| Key Characters: |
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