Lycium americanum Jacquin

Type: 1763, Stirp. Amer. Hist. Kurtziana 17

Geographical Region: South America, Antilles

Distribution: BAHAMAS; CUBA; HAITI; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ISLAS DE BARLOVENTO; VENEZUELA; COLOMBIA; ECUADOR; PERU; BOLIVIA; PARAGUAY; ARGENTINA: Provinces Cordoba, Corrientes, Chaco, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Salta, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tucuman

Habit: erect

Shrub height: 1-4 m

Leaf characteristics:

Leaf Succulence: succulent
Leaf Pubescence: glabrous
Leaf Length: 5-60 mm
Leaf Width: 4-29 mm

Calyx characteristics:

Calyx Shape: tubular, cup-shaped
Calyx Pubescence: glabrate or glandular-pubescent
Calyx Tube Length: 1.5-3 mm
Calyx Lobe Length:0.5-1.5 mm

Corolla characteristics:

Corolla Color: white, whitish-green, lilac, violet, with dark purple venation
Flower Shape: tubular, funnel form
Corolla Tube Length: 5-8 mm
Corolla Lobe Length: 2.5-4.5 mm

Merosity: 4-5

Filament Pubescence: pubescent

Sexuality: hermaphroditic

Fruit characteristics:

Fruit Type: berry
Fruit Shape: globose to ovoid
Fruit Color: red
Fruit Length: 5-13 mm
Fruit Width: 4-10 mm

Seed Number: numerous, 5-13 per locule

Fruit constriction: no