小花五味子 xiao hua wu wei zi

Schisandra elongata Baillon var. dentata Finet & Gagnepain; S. gracilis A. C. Smith.

Plants glabrous throughout. Young branches lacking wings; leaf-bearing branches elongated. Petiole 0.5-2.2 cm; leaf blade elliptic to ovate, 3-7.5 × 2.5-4(-6) cm, thinly papery to subleathery, not glaucous, secondary veins (3 or)4 or 5(-7) on each side of midvein, base cuneate, broadly cuneate, or truncate, margin denticulate to serrulate, apex acute, shortly acuminate, or acuminate. Flowers axillary to fugacious bracts at base of young shoots, solitary; peduncle 1.2-3.8 cm (staminate), 1.4-6.1 cm (pistillate). Tepals 5-9, yellow and sometimes tinged pink or orange, largest 3-6.5 × 3-6.5 mm. Staminate flowers: stamens 7-14, ± distinct; pollen 6-colpate. Pistillate flowers: carpels 14-22; pseudostyle narrow. Fruit peduncle 3-5.5 cm; torus 1.5-3.5 cm; apocarps red, 4.5-7.5 × 3.5-7 mm. Seed testa ± tuberculate. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Aug-Sep.

Forests, often near rivers; 1200-2900 m. Yunnan [N India, Myanmar].

This species is used medicinally.