Lycium amoenum Dammer
Type: South Africa: SW Cape: Malmesbury region, Uitkomst at Hopefield. Bachmann 1878 (holotype: B)
Geographical Region: Africa
Distribution: SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape province, Northern Cape province; NAMIBIA
Habit: thorny
Shrub height: 1-2 m
Leaf characteristics:
Leaf Succulence: semi-succulent
Leaf Pubescence: glabrous
Leaf Length: 12-24 mm
Leaf Width: 4-7 mm
Calyx characteristics:
Calyx Shape: campanulate
Calyx Tube Length: 6-8 mm
Calyx Lobe Length: 2-3 mm
Corolla characteristics:
Corolla Color: off-white with purple markings and violet lobes
Flower Shape: campanulate to broadly funnel-shaped
Corolla Tube Length: 10-14 mm
Corolla Lobe Length: 3-5 mm
Merosity: 5
Filament Pubescence: bases pilose
Sexuality: hermaphroditic
Fruit characteristics:
Fruit Type: berry
Fruit Shape: broadly ovoid or spherical
Fruit Color: red
Fruit length: 8-10 mm
Fruit width: 8-10 mm