Ningxia Lycium barbarum leaves are usually lanceolate or oblong lanceolate; Calyx usually 2-cleft, with callose tip or 2-3 denticles at the tip of each lobe; Corolla tube is obviously longer than eave lobe, and the edge of lobe is glabrous; Seeds smaller, about 2 mm long.

Other Lycium barbarum leaves are usually oval, oval, rhombic, rectangular or oval-lanceolate; Calyx usually 3-lobed or sometimes irregularly 4-5-toothed; Corolla tube is shorter than or nearly equal to eaves lobes, and the edges of lobes are hairy; The seeds are larger, about 3 mm long.

2. Identification of white spots at the top of Lycium barbarum L.

Most of the tips of Ningxia Lycium barbarum have white spots, and the white spots on the tips of Ningxia Lycium barbarum can reach 85%.

However, other Chinese wolfberry, such as Chinese wolfberry, can't meet this condition, and there are fewer white spots than Ningxia Chinese wolfberry.

3. Taste recognition

Ningxia Lycium barbarum is sweet, especially sweet to eat, but it has a bitter taste in its throat after eating; However, Lycium barbarum in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang and other places is a bit greasy, and it will be bitter when chewed with alum. As for the Chinese wolfberry soaked in sulfur, it tastes sour, astringent and bitter.

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