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Lycium shawii Roem. & Schult.

Synonyms

Lycium abeliaeflorum, Lycium albiflorum, Lycium arabicum, Lycium barbarum, Lycium cufodontii, Lycium ellenbeckii, Lycium erythraeum, Lycium jaegeri, Lycium javellense, Lycium merkii, Lycium orientale, Lycium ovinum, Lycium persicum, Lycium somalense, Lycium tenuiramosum, Lycium withaniifolium

Common names

Awsaj, Desert Thorn

Blooming bush of desert thorn Lycium shawii. Harrarah, 40 miles south-west from Doha, Qatar, March 12, 2010

Orange berry (Masaa) of desert thorn (Lycium shawii, local name Awsaj). Harrarah, 40 miles south-west from Doha, Qatar, March 12, 2010

Blooming bush of desert thorn Lycium shawii in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 4, 2011

Red berries (masie) of Desert Thorn (Lycium shawii, Lycium arabicum, local name Awsaj) in a depression on roadside of a road to Zubara, area of Al Magdah farms (Thaghab Al Majda). Qatar, February 28, 2014
Al Ghuwairiya HC St, Al-Ghuwayriyah, Qatar

Lycium shawii planted in area of Uwaynat Bin Husayn (Water Well) near Simaisma. Qatar, April 18, 2014
Al Khor Coastal Road, Qatar

Bright green leaves of desert thorn Lycium shawii on Jebel Fuwairit. Qatar, October 3, 2014
Fuwyrit Beach Road, Qatar

Flowers of desert thorn Lycium shawii at entrance of Ras Abrouq Peninsula near Zekreet. Qatar, November 14, 2014
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Twig of desert thorn (Lycium shawii) with fresh leaves near Zubara. Northern Qatar, December 12, 2014
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Seedling of desert thorn (Lycium shawii) near Al Khor Hospital. Qatar, December 13, 2014
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Succulent and spiny shoot of Desert Thorn (Lycium shawii) taken from a rocky ridge of Jebel Fuwairit. Northern Qatar, August 22, 2015

Flowers of desert thorn (Lycium shawii, local name Awsaj) east from Al Jebail water treatment plant. Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Orange berries (Masaa) of desert thorn (Lycium shawii, local name Awsaj) on roadside near Fuwairit. Northern Qatar, January 29, 2016
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Large bush of desert thorn Lycium shawii in a silty depression on roadside of a road to Zubara, area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, February 6, 2016
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Bush of desert thorn Lycium shawii near Uwaynat Bin Husayn (Water Well) near Simaisma. Qatar, February 13, 2016
Al Khor Coastal Rd, Qatar

Flower of desert thorn Lycium shawii near a road to Zubara in area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, February 13, 2016
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Blooming branch of desert thorn Lycium shawii near a road to Zubara in area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, February 13, 2016
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Flowers of desert thorn Lycium shawii near a road to Zubara in area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, February 13, 2016
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Branch of desert thorn Lycium shawii with flowers near a road to Zubara in area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, February 13, 2016
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Branch of desert thorn Lycium shawii with orange berries (masie) near a road to Zubara in area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, February 13, 2016
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Blooming desert thorn Lycium shawii near a road to Zubara in area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, February 13, 2016
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Desert thorn Lycium shawii near a road to Zubara in area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, February 13, 2016
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Bush of desert thorn Lycium shawii in a depression in Al Mardiya - Wasit area. Northern Qatar, February 13, 2016
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Bushes of desert thorn Lycium shawii in Al Mardiya - Wasit area. Northern Qatar, February 20, 2016
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Desert thorn Lycium shawii in a silty depression near a road to Zubara, area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, February 27, 2016
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Desert thorn Lycium shawii in a depression near a road to Al Numan. Northern Qatar, February 27, 2016
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Links

• Flora of Qatar.
• Unknown plants or plants without names.
• Duplicate and extra pictures of plants.
• Earlier version of collection of plants.
• Other collections of pictures from Qatar: Lizards of Qatar, Cats of Qatar, Camels of Qatar, and Fish of Qatar.
• Picture archives.
• Home page of A. Sergeev.

Outside links

• Lycium shawii from www.catalogueoflife.org
• Ekhlas M. M. Abdel Bary, The Flora of Qatar, Volume I: The Dicotyledons. Doha 2012
• Flora of Qatar, Volume II: The Monocotyledons
• Illustrated Checklist of the Flora of Qatar. John Norton et al. 2009
• Qatar eNature. Flora
• Ali Al-Rawi, Flowering plants of Kuwait, 1985
• Plants of Kuwait
• Flora of Saudi Arabia, Al-Qassim Region
• Flora of Eastern Saudi Arabia by Rain and Dust at Flickr
• Plants of South-Western Morocco
• Pictures from Qatar (Flickr/cpmkutty)
• Arabian plants by Gary Brown
• Flora of Israel

How the web page was created

• A list of plants with their common names was written using online sources and books.
• Web pages were written by a program consisting of several scripts.
• Full names, synonyms, and classification of plants were found online from catalogueoflife.org and theplantlist.org using a script.
• Pictures of plants were selected from a database using a script.
• This web page was written using a script.

Acknowledgements

QNHG (Qatar Natural History Group) and associated people, for a possibility to participate in their field excursions and to learn about local nature.