Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lycium afrum L. [Solanaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
african jasmine	Other	Med. & Culinary: Genus Lycium Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
al-hozaz	Other	Med. & Culinary: Genus Lycium Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
avignon berry	Other	Med. & Culinary: Genus Lycium Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
avsaj	Other	Med. & Culinary: Genus Lycium Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
awsag	Other	Med. & Culinary: Genus Lycium Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
awsaj	Other	Med. & Culinary: Genus Lycium Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
box thorn	Other	Med. & Culinary: Genus Lycium Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
box-thorn	Other	Med. & Culinary: Genus Lycium Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
buckthorn	Other	Med. & Culinary: Genus Lycium Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
filrahrakh	Other	Med. & Culinary: Genus Lycium Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
filzahraj	Other	Med. & Culinary: Genus Lycium Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
filzahre	Other	Med. & Culinary: Genus Lycium Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
fizahraj	Other	Med. & Culinary: Genus Lycium Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
gouqi	Other	Med. & Culinary: Genus Lycium Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
hozaz	Other	Med. & Culinary: Genus Lycium Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
hozoz	Other	Med. & Culinary: Genus Lycium Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
hudud	Other	Med. & Culinary: Genus Lycium Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
kaffir box-thorn	Other	Med. & Culinary: Genus Lycium Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
khawlān	Other	Med. & Culinary: Genus Lycium Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
lughion	Other	Med. & Culinary: Genus Lycium Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
lycion	Other	Med. & Culinary: Genus Lycium Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
lycium	Other	Med. & Culinary: Genus Lycium Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
osaj	Other	Med. & Culinary: Genus Lycium Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
owsaj	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
rock buckthorn	Other	Med. & Culinary: Genus Lycium Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
wolfberry	Other	Med. & Culinary: Genus Lycium Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
عوسج	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Jasminoides afrum (L.) Medik. Philos. Bot. 1: 134 (1789).
Jasminoides linearifolium Moench Suppl. Meth.: 177 (1802).
Lycium afrum Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 37 (1800), sensu auct.
Lycium afrum var. brevifolium Loisel. in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Arbust., nouv. éd., 1: 108 (1801).
Lycium afrum var. longifolium Loisel. in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Arbust., nouv. éd., 1: 108 (1801).
Lycium afrum var. minus Mill. Fig. Pl. Gard. Dict., ed. 3.: 38 (1804).
Lycium afrum var. subulatum Loisel. in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Arbust., nouv. éd., 1: 108 (1801).
Lycium bachmannii Schinz Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 57: 558 (1912).
Lycium bachmannii Dammer Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 232 (1912).
Lycium campanulatum Drège ex Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 523 (1852).
Lycium carnosum Loisel. in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Arbust., nouv. éd., 1: 111 (1801), nom. superfl.
Lycium crassifolium Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 135 (1796).
Lycium italicum Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 2 (1768).
Lycium propinquum G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 459 (1838).
Lycium rigidum Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 37 (1794).
Oplukion afrum (L.) Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 53 (1838).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lycium afrum	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Lycium afrum L.	Med. & Culinary: Genus Lycium Case Study (Yao et al., 2021) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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