in taxon leafy vegetable plant chinese box thorn plant Chinese boxthorn Chinese wolfberry PLANTS:LYCH Chinese teaplant Lycium chinense varietal of Wolfberry, commercially called goji berry, is the common name for the fruit of two very closely related species: *Lycium barbarum* and *Lycium chinense*, two species of boxthorn in the family *Solanaceae* (which also includes the potato, tomato, eggplant, deadly nightshade, chili pepper, and tobacco). It is native to southeastern Europe and Asia. chinese boxthorn chinese desert-thorn chinese wolfberry gou qi lycium chinense plant used for dietary supplements lycium plant Lycium chinense requires discussion