狭叶五味子 xia ye wu wei zi

Schisandra sphenanthera Rehder & E. H. Wilson var. lancifolia Rehder & E. H. Wilson in Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 1: 415. 1913.

Plants glabrous throughout. Young branches lacking wings; leaf-bearing branches elongated. Petiole 3-15 mm; leaf blade elliptic to ovate, 3.5-7.5(-10) × 1.5-4 cm, papery, not glaucous, secondary veins 4-6(or 7) on each side of midvein, base cuneate to broadly cuneate, margin denticulate to serrulate, apex acute, shortly acuminate, or acuminate. Flowers axillary to fugacious bracts at base of young shoots, solitary; peduncle 0.9-3.6 cm (staminate), 2.4-5.6 cm (pistillate). Tepals 6-8, white, yellow, orange, red, or pink, largest 3.5-6 × 3-5 mm. Staminate flowers: stamens 8-19, ± distinct; pollen 6-colpate. Pistillate flowers: carpels 14-24; pseudostyle narrow. Fruit peduncle 3-5.5 cm; torus 3-6.5 cm; apocarps red, 4.5-9.5 × 4-7 mm. Seed testa ± smooth to ± rugulose. Fl. Apr-Jul, fr. Oct-Nov.

● Forests, thickets, often near rivers; 1300-2900 m. SC Sichuan, NW and W Yunnan.

This species is used medicinally. The fruit is edible.