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Lycium chinense

Description
Life form	shrub	Physiology	deciduous, multi stem
Habit	erect	Category	vegetables, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic, cover crop, environmental
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	13	25	8	32	Soil texture	heavy, medium, light	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	700	1500	300	2200	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	20	-	45	-	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	2000	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	5.5	7.5	5	8	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells)
Light intensity	very bright	very bright	very bright	clear skies

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	no input	Killing temp. early growth	no input
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	60	365
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food & beverage	vitamins	bulbs
food & beverage	minerals	bulbs
food & beverage	vitamins	leaves
food & beverage	minerals	leaves
food additive	condiment/seasoning	bulbs
food additive	condiment/seasoning	leaves
medicinal		entire plant
environmental	cover crop	entire plant
environmental	living fence	entire plant
environmental	erosion control	entire plant
environmental	ornamental/turf	entire plant