Lycium decumbens Welw. Ex Hiern
Type: Angola: Mossamedes: Cabo Negro, Welwitsch 6024 (holotype: BM)
Geographical Region: Africa
Distribution: NAMIBIA: northern portion; ANGOLA: southern portion
Habit: small, thorny, prostrate dwarf
Shrub height: up to 0.2 m
Leaf characteristics:
Leaf Succulence: succulent
Leaf Pubescence: glabrous
Leaf Length: 15-20 mm
Leaf Width: 3-5 mm
Calyx characteristics:
Calyx Shape: tubular
Calyx Tube Length: 4-5 mm
Calyx Lobe Length: 1-1.5 mm
Corolla characteristics:
Corolla Color: creamy white with lilac lobes and dark purple veins
Flower Shape: sub-orbicular to ovate, spreading
Corolla Tube Length: 6-8 mm
Corolla Lobe Length: 3 mm
Merosity: 5
Filament Pubescence: bases densely pilose
Sexuality: hermaphroditic
Fruit characteristics:
Fruit Type: berry
Fruit Shape: globose
Fruit Color: orange-red
Fruit length: 4 mm
Fruit width: 4 mm