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Lycium pumilum
Also called Sweet boxthorn, Sweet Box Thorn, Sweet Honeythorn, Zigzag Honeythorn
Lycium pumilum is a shrub in the nightshade family (Solanaceae) indigenous to South Africa and Namibia.
The species is widespread across the dry western interior parts of South Africa, specifically the Cape Provinces as well as the south western corner of the Free State Province. It also extends into southern Namibia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lycium pumilum 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.
