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Lycium oxycarpum
Also called Cape Honeythorn, Cape Honey Thorn, Honeythorn, Large Honeythorn, Wolf Honeythorn, Wolfthorn
Lycium oxycarpum is a shrub in the nightshade family (Solanaceae) indigenous to the Karoo regions of South Africa.
The species is native to the Western Cape, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, and Free State provinces in South Africa, where it tends to occur in dry karrooid areas inland (the Great Karoo and Little Karoo regions). It is also found in southwestern Angola.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lycium oxycarpum 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.
