Schisandra arisanensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Austrobaileyales |
| Family: | Schisandraceae |
| Genus: | Schisandra |
| Species: | S. arisanensis
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| Schisandra arisanensis Hayata
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Schisandra arisanensis is a climber plant species that is native to China and Taiwan.[2][3] It grows primarily in the temperate biome.[3][4] The plant is known for its medicinal properties and its fruit is also edible.
Features
[edit]The plants are glabrous throughout, with young branches lacking wings. The leaf-bearing branches are elongated. The petiole is 1–3.4 cm long, and the leaf blade is elliptic to ovate, 5–10.5(-12.5) × 2.5–7 cm in size. The blade is papery to subleathery and not glaucous, with pale venation after drying. The secondary veins are 4–6 on each side of the midvein, and the base is cuneate to broadly cuneate and often ± decurrent on the petiole. The margin is denticulate to serrulate, and the apex is acuminate to long acuminate.[2]
The flowers of Schisandra arisanensis are axillary to fugacious bracts at the base of young shoots or axillary to leaves, and solitary. The peduncle is 1.8-4.5 cm (staminate) and 3.5–4 cm (pistillate). The tepals are 5-8(-13), and the largest are 4-12 × 3.5-8.5 mm in size. They come in shades of pale yellow, yellow, orange, reddish orange, or red.[2]
The fruit of Schisandra arisanensis has a peduncle that is 4–8 cm long and a torus that is 3.5-15.5 cm in size.
The plant flowers from April to June and fruits from June to September.
Schisandra arisanensis is found in forests and shrublands in Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang of china as well as Taiwan, at elevations ranging from 200 to 2300 m.
Uses
[edit]Schisandra arisanensis is used in Traditional Chinese medicine.[2] Its fruit is also edible and is commonly used in Chinese cuisine.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Catalogue of Life - 2014 Annual Checklist :: Species details". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ a b c d e "Schisandra arisanensis in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ a b "Schisandra arisanensis Hayata | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ Hassler M. (2019). World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (version Nov 2018). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.