Plants: Lycium chinense - Chinese Matrimony

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Lycium chinense - Chinese Matrimony

Also known as: Gow kee, Go qi zi, Chinese Wolfberry, Duke of Argyll's Tea Tree. Small 3-foot shrub with edible red berries. Fruits are consumed fresh or dried like raisins. They are also used as an ophthalmic herbal medicine in China and were included more recently in some dietary supplements. The dried berries taste somewhat like cranberries and have a very high content of beta carotene.

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