Schisandra macrocarpa is a species of flowering plant in the family Schisandraceae. It is native to Yunnan, China.
Schisandra macrocarpa is a woody vine with simple subleathery leaves. The flowers are often in clusters of three to five. The plant flowers in April and May, and fruits in August and October.
The species was described in 2011.
Distribution The species is endemic to the subtropical biome of south-east Yunnan, China. It is found at elevations of , in monsoon forests on limestone hills.
Description Schisandra macrocarpa is a climbing evergreen woody vine, which grows long. The branches are dark purple. Newer branches are in diameter, and older stems are in diameter.
The leaves are simple, arranged alternately, and subleathery. The leaves are ovate-elliptic to elliptic in shape, long, and wide.
The flowers are usually arranged in clusters of three to five, or in groups of three to eight on racemes. Rarely, they may be solitary. The flowers have twelve to sixteen tepals, which are greenish to yellow in colour. The outermost tepals are long, and wide. The largest tepals are long, and wide.
The male flowers have three to eight stamens, which are fused into a nearly spherical mass. The female flowers have twenty to thirty carpels. The plant flowers from April to May.
The fruits are wide, and grow on stems. The plant fruits from August to October. The seeds are yellow-brown, long, and wide.
Nomenclature In Chinese, the species is known as ().
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