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Lycium europaeum (Mediterranean Tea Tree) |
Lycium europaeum (SOLANACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Lycium europaeum L.
Published in L., Sp. Pl. 192 (1753) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Solanaceae
Juss. (The Potato Family)
18 species from the Solanaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Mediterranean Tea Tree, Mediterranean Boxthorn, Spiny Jujube Tree | Maltese name(s) : | Għawseġ tal-Mediterran | Status for Malta : | Introduced species for horticulture (flowering plants) or agriculture (herbs or fruiting trees) usually within the last 30-150 years and persist for long after their original location or site is abandoned. They do not widespread but usually remain as a single tree or a very localised population. | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce Rare
Very Rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: Nano-Phanerophyte (small trees to large shrubs)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Protected by law: schedule I of legal notice LN200/2011. (Strictly protected tree species) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Mar-Jul | Colour of Flowers: | Violet or lilac |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Ornamental tree which can persist after being abandoned but does not seem to self-propagate |
Botanical Description: |
Plant 1-4 m; branches rigid, very spiny; spines stout. Leaves 20-50 x 3-10 mm, usually oblanceolate. Flowers solitary or in clusters of 2(-3). Calyx 2-3 mm, 5-dentate or 2-lipped. Corolla 11-13 mm, narrowly infundibuliform, pink or white; lobes 3-4 mm. Stamens usually exserted; filaments glabrous, somewhat unequal. Fruit reddish. |
Distributional range: |
Mediterranean region and Portugal doubtfully native over much of its range. |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, the Balaeric Islands, Doubtful in Corse, Doubtful in Crete, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Greece, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Turkey (European part) |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
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