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African boxthorn

Lycium ferocissimum · Solanaceae · all Lycium records · also called Lycium ferocissimum · Wikipedia

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Lycium ferocissimum anchors limited evidence. On lycium ferocissimum, 1 legal list rows is the next ferocissimum fact. The banner is not the whole file — Lycium ferocissimum. limited evidence does not replace 1 legal list on lycium ferocissimum.

On lycium ferocissimum, Lycium ferocissimum also carries 1 ecological invasive reports for ferocissimum.

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Form
shrub
Rated in
Global
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
Global

2. Why this plant is relevant here

State distribution
Documented in CA.
Introduced / established
1 sourced range or established record. This is not an invasive warning.

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

Legal-list status
1 legal-list record; the Place chip matches exact scope.
Reported invasive here
1 ecological invasive report.
How to read this page

The status above is computed from the cited rows below: independent recommendations can support a fire-resistant result, an avoid row can produce keep-away, and disagreement stays visible as conflict. Placement notes preserve each source’s own scheme rather than translating unlike rules into one scale. This is evidence about a plant, not permission to plant it in every part of the defensible space; Zone 0 remains noncombustible.

Native and introduced range evidence

These are exact U.S. botanical-area records from the cited range source. Native and introduced describe biogeographic relationship, not fire performance or planting approval. Doubtful and extinct rows stay visible but do not count as current presence.

Current native

0

exact source areas

Current introduced

1

exact source area

Qualified

0

doubtful or extinct source rows

1 introduced source area · World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 16 v16, as of 2026-06-04
  • California (CA)

The lossless worldwide derivative is retained once in the research corpus; object pages repeat only exact U.S. areas needed by the local lens. The JSON twin carries the same page assertions.

The evidence

Grouped by what each source concluded. Primary evidence rated the plant itself (a lab, field program, or original curation); corroboration compiled or republished another source's rating and resolves to its root lineage.

Listed without a rating (7)
Corroboration (7 rows from 1 source)
  • FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database — Dryad / Global Ecology and Biogeography · Dryad version 9 · original source Corroboration Trait database lineage: meta-aggregator

    7 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.

    • Primary study Salvo2015: Salvo-Aires, F. (2015). Effects of woody weeds on fuels and fire behaviour in Eastern Australian forests and woodlands. PhD. Dissertation. University of Sydney.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Salvo2015-1; sampling ND.

      • “time to flaming (s): 58”

        FLAMITS record 11654; Ignitability measurement.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “maximum energy flux (kW/m²): 147”

          FLAMITS record 11691.

        • “mass loss rate (g/s): 0.13”

          FLAMITS record 11765.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4201.29”

          FLAMITS record 11839.

        • “energy flux (kW/m²): 119”

          FLAMITS record 11876.

      • “flaming duration (s): 211”

        FLAMITS record 11728; Sustainability measurement.

      • “burnt biomass (%): 79”

        FLAMITS record 11802; Consumability measurement.

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Last verified 2026-08-25. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Lycium ferocissimum (Lycium ferocissimum). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/lycium-ferocissimum/. Last verified 2026-08-25.