Schisandra chinensis

Schisandra chinensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Austrobaileyales
Family: Schisandraceae
Genus: Schisandra
Species:
S. chinensis
Binomial name
Schisandra chinensis
Synonyms

Kadsura chinensis Turcz.[1][2]
Maximowiczia amurensis Rupr.
Maximowiczia chinensis (Turcz.) Rupr.[2]
Maximowiczia japonica (A.Gray) K.Koch
Schisandra chinensis var. leucocarpa P.H.Huang & L.H.Zhuo
Schisandra nigra f. viridicarpa (Y.N.Lee) M.Kim
Schisandra repanda f. viridicarpa (Y.N.Lee) M.Kim
Schisandra japonica (Siebold. & Zucc. ex A. Gray) Hance.[2]
Sphaerostema japonicum A.Gray

Schisandra chinensis, whose fruit is called magnolia berry[3] or five-flavor fruit (Chinese: 五味子; pinyin: wǔwèizǐ, in Korean: 오미자, romanizedomija, Japanese: ゴミシ, romanizedgomishi),[4][1][5] is a vine plant native to forests of Northern China, the Russian Far East and Korea.[6] Wild varieties are also found in Japan.[7] It is hardy in USDA Zone 4. The fruits are red berries in dense clusters around 10 centimetres (3.9 in) long.

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  3. ^ Moskin J, Fabricant F, Wells P, Fox N (29 November 2011). "The Year's Notable Cookbooks". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  4. ^ Yoon, Sook-ja (Summer 2005). "Hwachae: Refreshing Beverages to Beat the Summer Heat" (PDF). Koreana. No. 19. pp. 76–79. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
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  6. ^ Panossian A, Wikman G (July 2008). "Pharmacology of Schisandra chinensis Bail.: an overview of Russian research and uses in medicine". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 118 (2): 183–212. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.04.020. PMID 18515024.
  7. ^ Lu Y, Chen DF (March 2009). "Analysis of Schisandra chinensis and Schisandra sphenanthera". Journal of Chromatography A. 1216 (11): 1980–90. doi:10.1016/j.chroma.2008.09.070. PMID 18849034.