Solanaceae
Matrimony vine
Lycium barbarum
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Lycium
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Common names
By language (47)
- Arabic
- عوسج, العوسج, غرقد بربري
- Armenian
- Հազազ բերբերի
- arz
- عوسج
- Asturian
- Goji
- Belarusian
- Казірог, Ліцый звычайны, Козірог, Ліцыюм звычайны
- bo
- འཕང་འབྲས།
- Cantonese
- 杞子
- Catalan
- Arç negre
- cdo
- Gēu-kī
- Chinese
- 宁夏枸杞, 寧夏枸杞, 中宁枸杞, 地骨皮, 山枸杞, 枸杞, 枸杞子, 津枸杞
- Croatian
- Kustovnica
- Czech
- Kustovnice cizí
- Danish
- Almindelig bukketorn, Goji, Goji-bær
- Dutch
- Boksdoorn, Bokdoorn, Goji bes, Goji-bes
- English
- Matrimony vine, Barbary matrimony vine, Chinese boxthorn, Chinese wolfberry, Duke of Argyll's tea plant, Duke of Argyll's tea tree, Goji berries, Himalayan goji
- Estonian
- Harilik taralõng, Goji, Goji marjad
- Finnish
- Aitapukinpensas, Pukinkoiso, Pukinpensas
- French
- Lyciet, Goji, Baie de goji, Baies de Goji, Gou Qi Zi, Lyciet commun, Lyciet de Barbarie
- Galician
- Cambroeira chinesa, Goxis
- Georgian
- Khvicha
- German
- Gemeiner Bocksdorn, Gewöhnlicher Bocksdorn, Bocksdorn, Goji, Gojibeere
- Hebrew
- גוג'י, ברי,
- Hungarian
- Közönséges ördögcérna, Semfa, Semfű
- Japanese
- ナガバクコ, 寧波クコ, 寧波枸杞, 長葉クコ, 長葉枸杞
- Javanese
- Goji beri
- kab
- Awǧez
- Korean
- 영하구기자
- Lithuanian
- Dygliuotasis ožerškis
- Macedonian
- Плетиплотка, Гоџи
- nds
- Boksdoorne
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bukketorn
- Persian
- دیوخار
- Polish
- Kolcowój pospolity
- Portuguese
- Goji, Gǒuqǐ Níngxià
- Romanian
- Cătină de garduri, Cătina de garduri, Goji
- Russian
- Дереза обыкновенная, Волчья ягода, Дереза берберов, Дереза варварская, Лиций обыкновенный, Ягода годжи
- Serbian
- Гоџи
- Slovak
- Kustovnica cudzia
- Slovenian
- Navadna kustovnica, Goji
- Spanish
- Baya de Goji, Baya del Goji, Bayas de goji, Cambronera de Berberia, Cambronera de Berbería, Goji
- Swedish
- Bocktörne, Goji, Gojibär, Lyciumbär
- Thai
- เก๋ากี่, เก๋ากี้, เก๋ากี๋, โกจิเบอรี่
- Ukrainian
- Повій звичайний, Дереза звичайна
- Uyghur
- ئالقات
- Vietnamese
- Kỷ tử
- Welsh
- Ysbeinwydden hardd
- za
- Gaeujgij
Synonyms
- Boberella halimifolia (Mill.) E.H.L.Krause
- Jasminoides flaccidum Moench
- Lycium barbarum var. auranticarpum K.F.Ching
- Lycium barbarum var. barbarum
- Lycium chinense var. turbinatum (Loisel.) A.Terracc.
- Lycium dunalianum Bubani ex Dunal
- Lycium europaeum f. lanceolata (Loisel.) A.Terracc.
- Lycium halimifolium Mill.
- Lycium lanceolata (Loisel.) A.Terracc.
- Lycium lanceolatum Loisel.
- Lycium turbinatum Loisel.
- Lycium turcomanica (Miers) A.Terracc.
- Lycium turcomanicum Miers
- Lycium vulgare Dunal
- Lycium vulgare subf. turcomanica (Miers) A.Terracc.
- Lycium vulgare subsp. barbarum (L.) A.Terracc.
- Lycium vulgare subsp. normale A.Terracc.
- Teremis elliptica Raf.
- Teremis turbinata Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to September (from 460 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: SteveM4560, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: the0livus, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sylvain Montagner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: agujaceratops, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: flamelily, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pancrat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Анна Митрошенкова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.