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Schisandra chinensis

Published: 2024-11-05 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/05, KadsuralongipedunculataFinetetGagnep. Evergreen vines, branchlets grayish brown or brown, lenticellate. Leaves thinly leathery or softly leathery, oblong-elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, sometimes narrowly Obovate or elliptic, 5 ~ 10 cm long and 2 ~ 5 cm wide, apex acuminate, base cuneate. Margin often sparsely serrate, lateral veins 5-color 7 pairs; petiole 2.5 cm long. Flowers unisexual, dioecious, solitary in leaf axils, yellow, fragrant: pedicel

Schisandraceae

KadsuralongipedunculataFinetetGagnep.

Evergreen vines, branchlets grayish brown or brown, lenticellate. Leaves thinly leathery or softly leathery, oblong-elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, sometimes narrowly Obovate or elliptic, 5 ~ 10 cm long and 2 ~ 5 cm wide, apex acuminate, base cuneate. Margin often sparsely serrate, lateral veins 5-color 7 pairs; petiole 2.5 cm long. Flowers unisexual, dioecious, solitary in leaf axils, yellow, fragrant: pedicel slender, pendulous after anthesis, 3 Mel 6 cm long; male tepals 8 mi 17; stamens numerous; female tepals the same as male flowers; carpels 40 Mel 60, gathered into a ball. Aggregate fruit subglobose, 2.5ml 5 cm in diameter; 50 berries, bright red or crimson when ripe, ovate, fleshy. The florescence is from May to June. The fruit period is from September to December.

Produced in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian. Born in forest margins or roadside thickets on hillsides below 1500 meters above sea level. Seeds reproduce.

Schisandra chinensis has bright green leaves, fragrant flowers and bright red aggregate fruit, which has high ornamental value. It is suitable for garden and family courtyard scaffolding greening, and can also be cultivated on the roof and balcony. The whole plant can be used as medicine, which can promote qi and blood circulation, dispel wind and detumescence, and kill insects; the fruit contains volatile oil, organic acid, protein, fatty oil and pectin, which is sweet and can be eaten raw. Stem bark fiber is used for making rope or weaving.

 
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