Schisandra

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Magnolia vine
Schisandra chinensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Austrobaileyales
Family: Schisandraceae
Genus: Schisandra
Michx.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Schizandra, common misspelling
  • Stellandria Brickell
  • Sphaerostema Blume
  • Maximowiczia Rupr.
Flowers of Schisandra rubriflora at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK

Schisandra, the magnolia vines, is a genus of twining shrubs that generally climb on other vegetation. Various authors have included the plants in the Illiciaceae[3]

Schisandra (also spelled Schizandra) is native to Asia and North America, with a

center of diversity in China.[2][4][5]

Some species are commonly grown in gardens as ornamentals. It is a hardy

climber which thrives in almost any kind of soil; its preferred position is on a sheltered, shady wall. It may be propagated by cuttings
of half-matured shoots in August.

Despite its common name "magnolia vine", Schisandra is not closely related to the true

magnolias
.

Uses

Its dried fruit is sometimes used medicinally. In China, the berries of S. chinensis are given the name wǔwèizǐ (五味子; 'five flavor fruit') because they possess all five basic flavors in Chinese herbal medicine: salty, sweet, sour, pungent (spicy), and bitter. In traditional Chinese medicine it is used as a remedy for many ailments: to resist infections, increase skin health, combat insomnia, coughing, and thirst.[6]

Species

accepted species[2]
  1. Schisandra arisanensis - S China incl Taiwan
  2. Schisandra bicolor - Guangxi, Hunan, Yunnan, Zhejiang
  3. Schisandra chinensis - Russian Far East, NE China, Korea, Japan
  4. Schisandra elongata - Java
  5. Schisandra glabra - Hidalgo, United States (LA AR MS AL TN KY GA FL SC NC)[7]
  6. Schisandra glaucescens - Chongqing, Hubei
  7. Schisandra grandiflora - Tibet, Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Uttarakhand
  8. Schisandra henryi - S China
  9. Schisandra incarnata - Hubei
  10. Schisandra lancifolia - Sichuan, Yunnan
  11. Schisandra longipes - Guangdong, Guangxi
  12. Schisandra macrocarpa - Yunnan
  13. Schisandra micrantha - Manipur, Yunnan, Myanmar
  14. Schisandra neglecta - Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar, Yunnan
  15. Schisandra parapropinqua - Guizhou, Yunnan
  16. Schisandra perulata - Thailand, Vietnam
  17. Schisandra plena - Arunachal Pradesh, Yunnan
  18. Schisandra propinqua - China, Assam, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Java, Bali
  19. Schisandra pubescens - Sichuan, Hubei
  20. Schisandra pubinervis - Hubei, Sichuan
  21. Schisandra repanda - Korea, Japan
  22. Schisandra rubriflora - Arunachal Pradesh, Yunnan, Myanmar, Sichuan
  23. Schisandra sphaerandra - Sichuan, Yunnan
  24. Schisandra sphenanthera - China
  25. Schisandra tomentella - Sichuan

Chemistry

The extract of S. rubriflora, a native of the Yunnan province, was found to contain complex and highly oxygenated nortriterpenoids called rubriflorins A-C.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Michaux, André. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana 2: 218–219, pl. 47.
  2. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Hutchinson, J. 1973. The Families of Flowering Plants, ed. 3. Oxford. Pp. 161-162. Smith, A. C. 1947. The families Illiciaceae and Schisandraceae. Sargentia 7: 1-224.
  4. ^ Flora of North America vol 3
  5. ^ Flora of China Vol. 7 Page 41 五味子属 wu wei zi shu Schisandra Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 218. 1803.
  6. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.04.020
  7. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map, Schisandra glabra
  8. ^ Xiao, W.-L. et al.. J. Nat. Prod. 2007, Web release : May 10th.

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