Schisandra micrantha A.C.Sm.

Species

Angiosperms > Austrobaileyales > Schisandraceae > Schisandra

Characteristics

Plants glabrous throughout. Young branches lacking wings; leaf-bearing branches elongated. Petiole 0.5-2.2 cm; leaf blade elliptic to ovate, 3-7.5 × 2.5-4(-6) cm, thinly papery to subleathery, not glaucous, secondary veins (3 or)4 or 5(-7) on each side of midvein, base cuneate, broadly cuneate, or truncate, margin denticulate to serrulate, apex acute, shortly acuminate, or acuminate. Flowers axillary to fugacious bracts at base of young shoots, solitary; peduncle 1.2-3.8 cm (staminate), 1.4-6.1 cm (pistillate). Tepals 5-9, yellow and sometimes tinged pink or orange, largest 3-6.5 × 3-6.5 mm. Staminate flowers: stamens 7-14, ± distinct; pollen 6-colpate. Pistillate flowers: carpels 14-22; pseudostyle narrow. Fruit peduncle 3-5.5 cm; torus 1.5-3.5 cm; apocarps red, 4.5-7.5 × 3.5-7 mm. Seed testa ± tuberculate. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Aug-Sep.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Schisandra micrantha world distribution map, present in China, India, Lao People's Democratic Republic, and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:555073-1
WFO ID wfo-0000495133
COL ID 4V8JL
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Synonyms

Schisandra gracilis Schisandra micrantha Schisandra elongata var. dentata