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Lycium carolinianum
Also called Christmasberry, Carolina Wolfberry
Lycium carolinianum, commonly known as Carolina desert-thorn or Christmas berry, is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family, Solanaceae,
The plant produces small tomato-like fruits and is edible.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lycium carolinianum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
