Lycium ruthenicum
Lycium ruthenicum (), is a flowering plant commonly known as Russian box thorn in the West. is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family which can be found in Central Asia, southern part of Russia, throughout Northwest China, Northern India and Pakistan.  Also commonly known as black fruit wolfberry, siyah goji, and kaokee.

Description
The species is either , , , or  tall. The leaves are either , , or  by . It have 2-4 sepals each one of which is bell-shaped and  long. Pedicels are either  long or can be as long as it sepals. The calyx is  long but can be companulate and exceed . Corolla's tube is  long with stamens have  long berries (which can sometimes grow up to ) which are also broad and globose. The fruits' seeds are brown coloured and are  long. The flowering time is June to August but can sometimes bloom in May too. Fruits mature from August to October.

Distribution and uses
In India, it grows in Nubra Valley where it is used by native people to cure blindness in camels. In Central Asia and Northwest China the species grows on elevation of  in saline deserts, sands and roadsides.

References

Complete guide of black wolfberry. Sinaeangift. Retrieved May 25, 2017.

Notes

Schoenbeck-Temesy, 31
Baytop, 448

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Flora of temperate Asia
Flora of Central Asia
Flora of the Indian subcontinent