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Schisandra chinensis is a species of plant in the family Schisandraceae. It belongs to the genus Schisandra and is classified within the order Austrobaileyales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The species is also referred to by the short name S. chinensis and has the common names 五味子, 二色内风消, 五味子（北五味子）, and 北五味子.
The native range of this species includes Amur, China North-Central, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Manchuria, Primorye, and Sakhalin. It produces fruit of the berry type and is used as a vegetable, food, and medicinal plant. The taxon was described by the source Gujin Tushu Jicheng, with the author citation (Turcz.) Baill.
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Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAustrobaileyales
- FamilySchisandraceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 292
- With media
- 251
- Family
- Schisandraceae
- Collections
- RSA, MICH, CM, DAV, CHRB, NCU
- Recorded in
- China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Russia, United States, Ussr
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Schisandra
- Image
- Schisandra sinensis.jpg
- Has use
- medicinal plant
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Encyclopedic overview
Schisandra chinensis, whose fruit is called schisandra, magnolia berry or five-flavor fruit, is a vine plant native to forests of Northern China, the Russian Far East, Korea, and Japan. It is hardy in USDA Zones 4-8. The fruits are red berries in dense clusters around 10 centimetres (3.9 in) long.
Names
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Schisandra chinensis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.