Solanaceae
Arabian boxthorn
Lycium shawii
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Lycium
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- لساس عربي, اللساس العربي, خَوْلَان, عوسج, غرْقُد الجزيرة
- Chinese
- 阿拉伯枸杞, 沙漠刺木, 肖氏枸杞
- Croatian
- Isprepletena kustovnica
- English
- Arabian boxthorn
- Finnish
- Säkkäräpukinpensas
- Hebrew
- אטד ערבי
- Persian
- دیوخار گرمسیری
Synonyms
- Lycium afroides A.Terracc.
- Lycium albiflorum Dammer
- Lycium arabicum Schweinf. ex Boiss.
- Lycium ellenbeckii Dammer
- Lycium europaeum f. persica (Miers) A.Terracc.
- Lycium europaeum subsp. arabicum (Boiss.) A.Terracc.
- Lycium intricatum Boiss.
- Lycium jaegeri Dammer
- Lycium merkeri Dammer
- Lycium ovinum Dammer
- Lycium persica (Miers) A.Terracc.
- Lycium persicum Miers
- Lycium shawii var. shawii
- Lycium tenuiramosum Dammer
- Lycium vulgare f. afroides Terraciano
- Lycium vulgare var. intricatum (Boiss.) A.Terracc.
- Lycium withaniifolium Dammer
Flowers
- In flower
- October to April (from 56 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mitch Van Dyke, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: איתן פרמן, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nachman bones, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: أسامة جمال, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Theo Busschau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Onono Francis Alex, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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). About our plant data.