Goji Berry (pronounced GO-jee)

Goji Berry (pronounced GO-jee) is the common name for the fruit of the Lycium barbarum plant. It grows on a thorny bush or spreading vine in the sheltered valleys and hills of the Himalayan mountain range in Tibet and in Mongolia (which are now parts of China). Lycium is a deciduous woody perennial plant which can grow to 1 to 3 meters in height, or grow vines up to 20 feet in length. There are over 40 varieties of the genus Lycium, which is part of the plant family Solanaceae, which also includes the tomato, eggplant, potato, chili pepper, tobacco, and deadly nightshade.