Lycium eenii
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Leaves
30 Sep 2006
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Leaves and spines
27 Sep 2008
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Flower
01 Mar 2009
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Flowers
01 Mar 2009
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Fruit
04 Apr 2009
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Habit
22 Mar 2008
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Full name: | Lycium eenii S.Moore |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Breeblaarkriedoring |
| English common name(s): | Broad-leaved honey-thorn, Highland honey-thorn |
| Synonym(s): | Lycium lancifolium Dammer Lycium trothae Dammer |
| Status: | Endemic |
| Description: | Rigid bushy shrub. STEMS thorny; young stems creamy to whitish with thorns up to 30 mm long. LEAVES simple, obovate, ovate or elliptic; both surfaces mostly bright yellowish-green; apex tapering to a point. FLOWERS solitary, trumpet-shaped, greenish-white with purple veins and spreading purple lobes; tube 10–18 mm long; stamens and styles not or hardly protruding beyond the flower. FRUIT a small, ovate, red berry. (from Tree Atlas of Namibia) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Content last updated: | 01 Jun 2020 |
