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Schisandra chinensis

Botanic Family

Schisandraceae

Author

(Turczaninow) Baillon

Common Names

• Wu wei zi (Pinyin)
• Chōsen-gomishi (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Beijing Shi
• Gansu
• Hebei
• Heilongjiang
• Jilin
• Liaoning
• Nei Mongol
• Ningxia
• Shandong
• Shanxi
• Jiangsu - China
• Hokkaido
• Honshu - Japan
• Korea
• Sakhalin Islands
• NE. Siberia - Russia

Natural Habitats

• Riversides
• forest
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• May-Jul
• late Spring to Summer
• May-Jun (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Sep

Deciduous woody twining dioecious vine or scandent shrub, mostly glabrous leaves to 70mm x 50mm. Fragrant 75mm x 15mm axillary spike of 1 to 3 white to yellow or pink flowers to 20mm & 7.5mm x 6mm scarlet or pink berries

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• FOC
• RHS A-Z
• GWC 1997
• Chujian 2001
• The Plant List 2
• JAA
• FOJ
• Kew