Lycium schizocalyx C.H. Wright
Type: South Africa: Cape Province: Graaff-Reinet, Bolus H. 741 (lectotype: K; isotypes: BOL, PRE, NBG)
Geographical Region: Africa, Eurasia
Distribution: SOUTH AFRICA: Western, Eastern, and Northern Cape provinces, Free State, Northwest, Northern provinces; ZIMBABWE; BOTSWANA; NAMIBIA
Habit: rigid, erect, profusely branched
Shrub height: 0.7-1.7 m
Leaf characteristics:
Leaf Succulence: semi-succulent
Pubescence: glabrous
Leaf Length: 9-15 mm
Leaf Width: 1-2 mm
Calyx characteristics:
Calyx Shape: broadly trumpet-shaped
Calyx Pubescence: glabrous
Calyx Tube Length: 5-7 mm
Calyx Lobe Length: 3-4 mm
Corolla characteristics:
Corolla Color: creamy white with venation and lobes purple
Flower Shape: broadly ovate, reflexed
Corolla Tube Length: 6-8 mm
Corolla Lobe Length: 3-3.5 mm
Merosity: 5
Filament Pubescence: bases pilose
Sexuality: hermaphroditic
Fruit characteristics:
Fruit Type:berry
Fruit Shape: globose
Fruit Color: red
Fruit length: 6-7 mm diameter