What varieties of wolfberry are there?

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Chinese wolfberry

Ningxia wolfberry

northern wolfberry

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There are many varieties of wolfberry, the more common ones include Chinese wolfberry, Ningxia wolfberry, northern wolfberry and so on. Among them, the branches of Chinese wolfberry are relatively thin, light gray, and curved in an arch shape. It blooms from June to November, and the flowers are usually single or twin. After flowering, it will bear fruit. Its fruit is egg-shaped and turns into an oblong shape as it grows. The pulp is red and contains seeds.

Chinese wolfberry

Chinese wolfberry

Chinese wolfberry is a type of wolfberry that is mostly a shrub. Its branches are very thin, arched and curved, and are light gray.

The flowers of Chinese wolfberry grow singly on the branches, or in twins on the leaf axils. The flowering period is between June and November.

There is a circle of fluff at the bottom of the filament, intertwined into an oval shape. The style extends out of the stamens, and the stigma is green.

The flesh of Chinese wolfberry is red and egg-shaped. As it grows, it becomes oblong, with a pointed or blunt top. Its taste is sweet at first and then slightly bitter, and its seeds are large.

Ningxia wolfberry

Ningxia wolfberry is A shrub that is branched and densely branched. The curved crown of the branchlets is round, gray-white, gray-yellow, etc., with a smooth surface.

The flowers of Ningxia wolfberry are twin in the leaf axils, clustered in several clusters on shorter branches, with pedicels and relatively strong. The corolla is funnel-shaped, and the purple tube expands from bottom to top.

The berries are red, and will appear orange as they are cultivated and grown. The pulp is juicy, and the shape varies depending on the environment. Most are oval, egg-shaped, with a pointed tip, or flat. The flowering period is from May to October, and it will bloom and bear fruit at the same time.

Northern Lycium barbarum

Northern Lycium barbarum is A multi-branched shrub plant, it is different from wolfberry in that the leaves are lanceolate, the hairs on the edges of the corolla are sparse, and the stamens are longer than the corolla.

Northern wolfberry can be drunk as wolfberry tea. Its functions are to lower blood sugar and fight fatty liver. It can also be used as an ornamental green plant in gardens to green the environment.

This is the most common variety of wolfberry, and there are many more. I will tell you next time.

Ningxia wolfberry

northern wolfberry

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