''Lycium carolinianum'', commonly known as Carolina desert-thorn or Christmas berry, is a species of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
in the
nightshade family,
Solanaceae,
The plant produces small tomato-like fruits and is edible.
References
carolinianum
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