Schisandra rubriflora Rehder & E.H.Wilson

Plants glabrous throughout. Young branches lacking wings; leaf-bearing branches elongated. Petiole 1-3 cm; leaf blade obovate-elliptic to elliptic, 5.5-11.5(-15) × 2.5-5.5(-7.5) cm, papery, not glaucous, secondary veins (4 or)5-7(or 8) on each side of midvein, base cuneate, attenuate, or rarely broadly cuneate, margin denticulate to serrulate, apex shortly acuminate to acuminate. Flowers axillary to fugacious bracts at base of young shoots, solitary; peduncle 1-5 cm (staminate), 1.8-3.2 cm (pistillate). Tepals 6-9, deep purplish red to deep red, largest 0.7-1.6 × 0.7-1.3 cm. Staminate flowers: stamens 34-66, ± distinct; pollen 3-colpate. Pistillate flowers: carpels 50-70; pseudostyle broad. Fruit peduncle 4-8 cm; torus 6-15 cm; apocarps dark purpish red to dark red, 4-11 × 3-9 mm. Seed testa smooth. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Jul-Oct.

It is a temperate plant. It can tolerate slight frosts. It grows in forests between 2,500-3,600 m above sea level. It suits hardiness zones 8-10. In Sichuan and Yunnan.

The fruit are eaten fresh and also used to prepare local wine.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.