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Lycium ruthenicum (Chinese: 黑果枸杞; pinyin: hei guo gou qi), is a flowering plant commonly known as Russian box thorn in the West. [1] It is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family which can be found in Central Asia, southern part of Russia, throughout Northwest China, [2] Northern India and Pakistan. [3]
The bell-shaped or tubular calyx (eventually ruptured by the growing berry) splits halfway into short, triangular, densely ciliate lobes. The corollae is a tube that splits into lavender or light purple petals , 9–14 mm (0.35–0.55 in) wide with five or six lobes longer than the tube, with short hairs at the edge.
A plant that bears berries is said to be bacciferous or baccate [a] (from Latin bacca). In everyday English, a "berry" is any small edible fruit. Berries are usually juicy, round, brightly coloured, sweet or sour, and do not have a stone or pit, although many small seeds may be present. [1]
Berberis trifoliolata is a species of flowering plant in the family Berberidaceae, in southwestern North America. Common names include agarita, agrito, algerita, currant-of-Texas, wild currant, and chaparral berry. [3] The name Agarita comes from the Spanish verb agarrar, which means "to grab".
As few as two berries may be fatal to a child. [12] The fruits and foliage contain ranunculin, [13] and are often reported to contain protoanemonin. The plant also contains berberine. [14] All parts of the plant contain an irritant oil that is most concentrated within the roots and berries. The roots contain β-sitosterol glucoside. [15]
Myrica rubra is an evergreen tree that grows to a height of up to 10–20 m (33–66 ft) high, with smooth gray bark and a uniform spherical to hemispherical crown. Leaves are leathery, bare, elliptic-obovate to oval lanceolate in shape, wedge-shaped at the base and rounded to pointed or tapered at the apex, margin is serrated or serrated in the upper half, with a length of 5–14 cm (2.0–5. ...