Schisandra sphenanthera Rehder & E.H.Wilson

Plants glabrous throughout. Young branches lacking wings; leaf-bearing branches elongated. Petiole 1.5-3.5 cm; leaf blade elliptic, ovate, or rarely obovate, 4-11(-13.5) × 2-6(-8) cm, papery, not glaucous, secondary veins (3 or)4 or 5(-8) on each side of midvein, base cuneate, broadly cuneate, or truncate, margin denticulate, serrulate, or rarely subentire or entire, apex shortly to long acuminate. Flowers axillary to fugacious bracts at base of young shoots, solitary; peduncle 0.8-5.4 cm (staminate), 1.8-6.4 cm (pistillate). Tepals 5-9, yellow, orange, or red, largest 6-11.5 × 3.5-8.5 mm. Staminate flowers: stamens 11-25, ± distinct; pollen 6-colpate. Pistillate flowers: carpels 25-45; pseudostyle small. Fruit peduncle 2-10 cm; torus 2.5-14(-22) cm; apocarps red, 5.5-9 × 4-8 mm. Seed testa ± smooth. Fl. Apr-Jul, fr. Jun-Oct.

It is a temperate plant. It grows in forests between 700-2,000 m above sea level. It suits hardiness zones 7-10. In Sichuan and Yunnan.

The fruit are eaten. They are also used for wine and vinegar production.

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