Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun

Complete Taxonomic details of Species: Lycium barbarum Linn. 

Family: Solanaceae Genus: Lycium Species: Lycium barbarum Linn. ( गरोथी )

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Synonym Boberella halimifolia (Mill.) E.H.L.Krause, Jasminoides flaccidum Moench, Lycium barbarum var. barbarum, Teremis elliptica Raf. Flower Color Red - Pink
Common Name Garothi, Goji, Jangu Flower Type Raceme
English / Trade Name Wolfberry , Goji, Box Thorn, Matrimony Vine Flowering Period April-June
Vernacular /Local Name Garothi, Fruiting Period July-Sept
Altitude up to 1000 m Fruit Type Berry
Habit Shrub Fruit Details Berries, fleshy, ellipsoid or ovoid, 1-2 cm long, red. Seeds 10 to 20, somewhat compressed, with strongly curved embryo.
Habitat Woodland Garden, Sunny Edge, Hedge and waste ground. Bark Type Smooth
Distribution South East Europe to South West Asia. Naturalized in Britain. Bark Details Bark thin and smooth
Distribution in Haryana Mewat, Rewari Origin Native
    Leaf Type Simple
    Leaf Arrangement Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
    Leaf Shape Ovate
Description of Species Shrub with long, weak, generally sparsely thorny, arched or climbing branches, up to 6 m tall, often forming large, tangled clumps. Leaves alternate or in bundles of up to 3, short stalked, entire, elliptic to lanceolate, ovate, vigorous young shoots, the tips blunt or rounded. Flower in raceme; calyx bell-shaped to tubular, ruptured by the growing fruit, 6 lobes short, triangular; corolla lavender or purplish, with preading lobes. Fruit a berry, fleshy, ellipsoid or ovoid, 1-2 cm long, red. Seeds 10 to 20, somewhat compressed. Leaf Details Leaves alternate or in bundles of up to 3, short stalked, entire, elliptic to lanceolate, ovate, vigorous young shoots, the tips blunt or rounded.
 

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