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What are the varieties of wolfberry

Lydia Rodarte-Quayle
2020-08-21 14:11:12
There are many kinds of Lycium barbarum, among which Chinese Lycium barbarum, Ningxia Lycium barbarum and Northern Lycium barbarum are more common. Among them, the branches of Chinese wolfberry are thin, light gray and bow shaped. It blooms from June to November, and the flowers are usually solitary or twin. After flowering, it will bear fruit. Its fruit is oval, and will become round as it grows. The flesh is red and contains seeds.

Chinese wolfberry

Chinese wolfberry is a kind of multi - Bush wolfberry. Its branches are very thin, bow - shaped, and light gray.

The flower of Lycium chinense grows in a single form on the branches, or in the axils of the leaves. The flowering period is between June and November.

There is a circle of fluff at the bottom of the filament, interwoven into an oval shape. Style extends stamen, stigma is green

The flesh of Chinese wolfberry is red and oval. It will turn into a rectangle and round shape with growth. The top is very sharp or blunt. Its taste is first sweet and then bitter, and the seeds are very big.

Lycium chinense

Ningxia wolfberry

Lycium barbarum in Ningxia is a kind of shrub, which has branches and is dense. Twigs curved crown is round, gray white, gray yellow, etc., the surface is smooth.

The flowers of Lycium barbarum L. in Ningxia are twining in the axils of leaves. On the shorter branches, there are several clusters with pedicels, which are thick and strong. The Corolla is funnel-shaped and the purple tube expands from the bottom to the top.

The berry is red, orange will appear along with the cultivation and growth, the pulp is juicy, and the shape varies according to the environment, most of them are oval, oval, with a tip at the top, or flat. Flowering in May to October, it will bloom, while bearing fruit.

Lycium chinense

Northern wolfberry

Chinese wolfberry is a kind of multi branch shrub plant, which is different from Chinese wolfberry. Its leaves are lanceolate, the hair on the edge of the Corolla is sparse, and the stamens are longer than the corolla.

Northern wolfberry can be used as wolfberry tea, its effect is to reduce blood sugar, anti fatty liver and so on. Can also be used as a garden of green plants planted ornamental, green environment

This is the most common variety of Lycium barbarum. There are many more. Xiaobian will tell you next time

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