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Now what are the varieties of wolfberry ah

Wolfberry respectively, ningxia wolfberry, zhongning wolfberry, yellow fruit wolfberry, red branch wolfberry, truncated calyx wolfberry, black fruit wolfberry, xinjiang wolfberry seven varieties, its is a valuable medicinal herbs and tonic, in the "compendium of materia medica", "the wolfberry has a tonic for the kidneys and spermatogenesis, nourish the liver, bright eyes and tranquilize the mind, people live long, cure diseases and other functions.

The difference between the varieties of wolfberry

Ningxia wolfberry: quality ahead of the whole country, become the representative of wolfberry, ningxia is known as the hometown of wolfberry.

Zhongning wolfberry: then is ningxia wolfberry in the top grade, thin skin and thick flesh, taste pure, sweet, no bitter taste and other odors.

Yellow fruit of wolfberry: yellow near ripe, ripe orange-red or orange-yellow, yellow fruit of wolfberry ripe fruit apex with pointed or flat or slightly concave, fruit body with ribs, apex large and base slightly small, thick flesh, sweet taste.

Red branch wolfberry: produced in Qinghai Nomuhong. It is different from ningxia wolfberry in: old branch maroon, corolla lobes without cilium.

Truncated calyx wolfberry: produced in Shanxi, northern Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia and Gansu, 800-1500 meters above sea level on mountain slopes, roadsides or field margins. Its berries are rectangular-circular or ovate-rectangular, 5-8 mm long, with a small apical tip. Seeds orange-yellow, ca. 2 mm. Flowering and fruiting period May-October.

Black-fruited wolfberry: distributed in alpine? sand forests, salinized? sandy land, river and lake shores, dry? riverbed,? desert? riparian forests, for the desert medicinal plant species endemic to western China. It contains natural anthocyanin with free radical removal, antioxidant function, medicinal, health care value is much higher than ordinary wolfberry.

Xinjiang wolfberry: distributed in the northern border, artificial cultivation. The berry is ovoid or ovoid-globose, red at maturity, flowering and fruiting from June to September.