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Goji

Goji berries
Dried goji berries

Goji, goji berry or wolfberry is the fruit of Lycium barbarum and Lycium chinense. These are two very closely related species of boxthorn in the family Solanaceae (which also includes the potato, tomato, eggplant, deadly nightshade, chili pepper, and tobacco). The two species are native to Asia.[1]

Goji Media

  • Lycium barbarum berries (Tibetan goji) from Ningxia

  • Lycium chinense berries (Chinese wolfberry)

  • Oil extracted from the seeds of Lycium barbarum

  • Dried goji berries on sale in a market in France

References

  1. ↑ Flint, Harrison Leigh (1997). "Lycium barbarum". Landscape plants for eastern North America: exclusive of Florida and the immediate Gulf Coast. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. p. 326. ISBN 978-0-471-59919-7.
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