Contents 1 Pinyin 2 English reference 3 Botanical morphology of Ningxia wolfberry 4 Cultivation of Ningxia wolfberry 5 Functions of Ningxia wolfberry 1 Pinyin

níng xià gǒu qǐ 2 English reference

barbary wolfberry

Ningxia wolfberry is a cultivated species of Lycium barbarum in the Solanaceae family, with the scientific name Lycium barbarum L., and is a perennial shrub or small tree. Also known as Western wolfberry and Zhongning wolfberry. It has been cultivated in China more than a thousand years ago. The most famous one is produced in Ningxia. It belongs to the same plant as Lycium barbarum L. chinense Mill., and is also used as medicine. 3 Botanical morphology of Ningxia wolfberry

The plant height is 1.62m. The fruit branches are scattered, and the vegetative branches are slightly upward and oblique, with thorns. Leaves are alternate or clustered, lanceolate or elliptical-lanceolate, entire, glabrous. Corolla funnel-shaped, lavender. The berries are mostly wide oval, red, orange or yellow. There are many seeds, flat kidney-shaped, brown-yellow. The flowering and fruiting period is from May to November. 4 Cultivation of Ningxia wolfberry

Cold-tolerant, drought-tolerant, fertilizer-tolerant, drought-tolerant, and afraid of waterlogging. Seedlings generally begin to bear fruit in two years, while seedlings from cuttings bear fruit in the same year. It enters the fruiting period after 56 years.

Cutting propagation and seed propagation: In early to mid-May, open a shallow trench of 11.5cm on the seedbed, with a distance of 3035cm, and sow the seeds soaked in warm water for a day and night into the trench. After covering with soil, compact it slightly, water, and cover with grass to keep warm and moisturizing. Seedlings will emerge in about 10 days and transplanted in spring. Dig holes with a diameter and a depth of 30cm each at a distance of 23×1.22m between rows. Apply organic fertilizer. Transplant the seedlings with long roots cut off into the holes, cover them with soil, firm them up and water them. After surviving, remove the top from 60cm above the ground in the spring of that year, and select 57 evenly distributed side branches 1020cm below the cut as the main branches. In the second year, 34 branches are left on the main branch and cut short at 30cm. In the third year, the leggy branches were cut back to about 2030cm on the backbone branches of the previous year. After 56 years of pruning, the tree height reached 1.52m, and the crown width of the lower layer of the tree was about 122m. Loosen the soil in early spring, irrigate for the first time from the end of April to the beginning of May, and topdress once with a mixture of ammonium sulfate and superphosphate. After that, after every 12 harvests, water, topdress with quick-acting fertilizer or spray fertilizer once on the leaves. Pests and diseases include Glomerella cingulate, Trioza sp., aphids, Lema decempunctata, Aceria macrodonis, fruit fly Neoceratitis asiatica, etc. Pick mature fruits in summer and autumn, spread them out, with a thickness of no more than 3cm, dry them in a cool place until the skin wrinkles, then expose or bake them until the skin is dry and hard, screen out the fruit stems, and store them in a sealed container. Dig the roots in spring and autumn, wash them, peel them and dry them in the sun. The young shoots and leaves can be eaten as vegetables. 5 Functions of Ningxia wolfberry

The fruit contains Betaine, Carotene, Ascorbic acid, Nicotine, Thiamine, and Riboflavin. (Riboflavin) et al. Sweet in taste and neutral in nature. It has the functions of nourishing the liver and kidneys, replenishing energy and improving eyesight. It is used to treat vision problems, dizziness, tinnitus, soreness and weakness in the waist and knees, and diabetes. The root bark is sweet in taste and cold in nature. It has the functions of cooling the blood, clearing the lungs and reducing fire. It is used to treat yin deficiency, hot flashes, night sweats, upset, thirst, cough and hemoptysis.