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Morphological characteristics of Lycium barbarum: spiny shrub, 20-50 (- 150) cm high, multi-branched; Branches oblique or lying on the ground, white or grayish white, hard, often zigzag, with irregular longitudinal stripes, twig tips tapering into spines, internodes shortened, each node with short spines, 0.3- 1.5 cm long; The short branches are located on both sides of the spine, and the young branches are not obvious. The old branches are tumor-shaped, with clustered leaves or flowers and leaves at the same time. The old branches are short branches, with tumor-like processes and no leaves.
References:
Black Lycium barbarum-Baidu encyclopedia