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Lycium barbarum L. - Solanaceae - 宁夏枸杞 ning xia gou qi (chin.), barbary matrimony vine, Duke of Argyll's tea tree, Tibetan goji, Himalayan goji, Chinese wolfberry, Chinese boxthorn, Gemeiner Bocksdorn, Gemeiner Teufelszwirn, Goji

Deciduus shrub or small tree (in cultivation), up to 2m tall, antive to China, naturalized and cultivated elsewhere; branches thorny; leaves solitary or fasciculate, lanceolate (var. auranticarpum) or long elliptic (broad and papery, var. barbarum); inflorescences solitary or clustered flowers, corolla purple, funnelform, tube 8-10 mm, obviously longer than limb and lobesb; berry red (var. barbarum) or orange-yellow (var. auranticarpum), oblong or ovoid. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200020536
Lycium barbarum var. barbarum (L. lanceolatum Veillard; L. turbinatum Veillard; L. vulgare Dunal.):
„Widely cultivated for medicine in N and S China, especially in Ningxia and Tianjin Shi. The fruits are used medicinally as a tonic.“ http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=210001170

„The Duke of Argyll introduced Lycium barbarum into the United Kingdom in the 1730s where it is known as Duke of Argyll's Tea Tree. It was and still is used for hedging, especially in coastal districts. Its red berries are attractive to a wide variety of British birds.“ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycium_barbarum

The fresh or dried berries (of L.barbarum, 宁夏枸杞 ning xia gou qi or L.chinense, 枸杞 gou qi) are one of the most important traditional medicines in China, mainly used as general tonic to improve blood, strengthnen body, to protect liver (and kidney), and to improve eyesight. [Medicinal Plants of the World. Ben-Erik Van Wyk and Michael Wink, Pretoria 2004, 195]

The EU Register of nutrition and health claims made on foods stated that: „Contains antioxidant/s; Is a source of antioxdiant/s. With antioxidant/s. Contributes to the cell protection against free radicals Can protect your cells and tissues from oxidation Can contribute to the total antioxidant capacity of the body. Non-compliance with the Regulation because on the basis of the scientific evidence assessed, this claimed effect for this food has not been substantiated.“ http://ec.europa.eu/nuhclaims/

Goji berries are regarded as safe. Hyoscyamine is not present or only in traces.
[Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung, Risikobewertung von Pflanzen und pflanzlichen Zubereitungen, Berlin 2012, 19-40] http://www.bfr.bund.de/cm/350/risikobewertung-von-pflanzen-und-pflanzlichen-zubereitungen.pdf