Goji berry

Goji, goji berry, or wolfberry (Chinese: 枸杞; pinyin: gǒuqǐ), is the fruit of either Lycium
barbarum or Lycium chinense, two closely related species of boxthorn in the nightshade
family, Solanaceae. L. barbarum and L. chinense fruits are similar but can be distinguished
by differences in taste and sugar content.

Both species are native to Asia ,and have been long used in traditional Asian cuisine.
The fruit has also been an ingredient in traditional Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and
Japanese medicine, since at least the 3rd century AD. The plant parts are called by the Latin
names lycii fructus (fruit), herba lycii (leaves), etc., in modern official pharmacopeias.

Since about 2000, goji berry and derived products became common in developed countries as
health foods or alternative medicine remedies, extending from exaggerated and unproven
claims about their health benefits.

Since the early 21st century, the dried fruit has been marketed as a health food, with
unsupported health claims about its benefits. In the wake of those claims, dried and fresh goji
berries were included in many snack foods and food supplements, such as granola bars. There
are products of whole and ground wolfberry seeds and seed oil