Lycium afrum sea view

Lycium afrum grows to close by the sea as this one does near Vermont. The species distribution extends to fairly arid parts along the Western Cape west coast as well as in the southern Cape. The rocky slopes of the plant’s habitat are dry and hot in summer.

The about cylindrical, purple flower tubes age to brown before the globose fruits emerge. The fruit enjoys closeness in protective mode from the durable calyx, as diligently serving as it did the corolla of the flower before (Privett and Lutzeyer, 2010; Manning, 2007; Manning and Goldblatt, 1996; Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; iNaturalist).