Berberis lycium

Berberis lycium, called the Indian lycium, Indian barberry, or boxthorn barberry, is a species of flowering plant in the family Berberidaceae.^[2] It is native to mountain slopes of the northwestern part of the Indian Subcontinent.^[1] A widespread species, its fruit, called kasmal, is edible and is eaten fresh, cooked, and preserved.^[3]

Berberis lycium
Flowers and leaves
In fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Berberidaceae
Genus:	Berberis
Species:	B. lycium
Binomial name
Berberis lycium Royle
Synonyms[1]
List Berberis afghanica C.K.Schneid. Berberis angustifolia Roxb. Berberis heteracantha Ahrendt Berberis vulgaris f. lycium (Royle) Parsa