Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lycium barbarum L. [Solanaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Lycium barbarum var. aurantiicarpum K.F.Ching

Lycium barbarum var. barbarum

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
al-hozaz	Other	Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
arak-mahndi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
auosage	Other	Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021) Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
barbary boxthorn	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
barbary matrimony-vine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
barbary wolfberry	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
barbary wolfberry fruit	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
barstard jasmine	Other	Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
baya goji tibetano	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
bayas de goji	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
bayas tibetanas	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
bayas tibetanas de goji	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
bocksdorn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
bocktörne	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
box thorn	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
box-thorn	Other	Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
buckthorn	Other	Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
cereza de goji	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
cereza del tibet	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
chinese boxthorn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chinese wolfberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
chinese wolfberry root bark	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
chinese wolfberry root-bark	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
chirchata	Other	Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
chirchataa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
chirchita	Other	Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
chirchitaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
chirchitta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
chiritta	Other	Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
common matrimony-vine	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
cortex lycii	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
cortex lycii radicis	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
di gu pi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
digupi	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
duke of argyll s tea-tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
duke of argyll's tea-tree	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
duke of argyll's teaplant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
duke of argyll's teatree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
filrahrakh	Other	Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
fizahraj	Other	Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
fructus lycii	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
ganger	Other	Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
gangro	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
goji	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
goji berry	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
goji-berry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gou ci zih	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
gou qi zi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
gouqi	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
gouqizi	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
gu gi ja	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
gŏuqǐ	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
himalayan goji	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
hozaz	Other	Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
kantakigulma	Other	Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
kheechar chirchataa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
khichar	Other	Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
kukoshi	Other	Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
lughion	Other	Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
lyciet commun	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
lyciet de barbarie	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
lyciet à feuilles d'obione	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
lycii cortex	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
lycii fructus	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
lycii radicis cortex	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
lycion	Other	Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
lycium	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
lycium barbarum fruit	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
lycium bark	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
lycium fruit	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
lycium root bark	Other	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
matrimony vine	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
matrimony-vine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
morali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
murali	Other	Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mureli	Other	Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
ning xia gou qi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
noboshi	Other	Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
prickly box	Other	Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
tibetan goji	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
wolfberry	Other	Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
wolfberry rootbark	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
zhe cai rang	Other	Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
เก	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
เก๋ากี่	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
クコシ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
ジコッピ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
地骨皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
寧夏枸杞	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
摘次玛	Other	Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
枸杞	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
枸杞子	Other	Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
温吉勒嘎	Other	Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
赛策尔玛	Other	Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021)
구기자	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
fruit	ripe fruit	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Bark		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Fruit		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
ripe fruit	dried ripe fruit	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Aerial part		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
leaves, flower, fruit, root, bark		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root bark		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
root bark, fruit		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
fruit		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Fruit and root bark		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
root bark	dried root bark	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
root bark	root bark	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
fruit	dried fruit	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
root bark		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
rhizome		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Jasminoides flaccidum Moench Methodus: 470 (1794), nom. superfl.
Lycium vulgare var. barbarum (L.) Terraciano Malpighia 4: 512 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lycium barbarum	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Lycium barbarum L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Cul: Genus Lycium as Case Study (Yao et al., 2021) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Lycium barbarum Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Lycium barbarum Linnaeus	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Lycium barbarum Linne	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Lycium barbarum Linné	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)

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