Lycium bosciifolium Schinz
Type: Namibia, Kaigamtes in Great Namaqualand, Fleck 891 (holotype: Z)
Geographical Region: Africa
Distribution: SOUTH AFRICA: Northern Cape province; NAMIBIA: throughout; ANGOLA: southern portion; BOTSWANA: southwestern portion
Habit: erect, tangled
Shrub height: 1.5-3 m (rarely up to 4 m)
Leaf characteristics:
Leaf Succulence: semi-succulent
Leaf Pubescence: glabrous
Leaf Length: 10-30 mm
Leaf Width: 3-8 mm
Calyx characteristics:
Calyx Shape: tubular to campanulate
Calyx Tube Length: 3-5 mm
Calyx Lobe Length: 0.8-1 mm
Corolla characteristics:
Corolla Color: dirty white to greenish-cream with dark violet lobes
Flower Shape: semi-ovate, spreading
Corolla Tube Length: 10-16 mm
Corolla Lobe Length: 2-3 mm
Merosity: 5, rarely 4
Filament Pubescence: bases sparsely pilose
Sexuality: hermaphroditic
Fruit characteristics:
Fruit Type: berry
Fruit Shape: oblong-elliptic, seldom ovoid
Fruit Color: red, seldom black
Fruit length: 5-6 mm
Fruit width: 3-5 mm