Schisandra neglecta is a species of flowering plant in the family Schisandraceae. It was described in 1947, and is native to south Asia.
Schisandra neglecta is a climbing plant with white, orange, yellow, or red flowers. It is used in medicine.
Taxonomy Schisandra neglecta was described by Albert Charles Smith in 1947.
Distribution The species is native to the temperate biome of India (Assam), Bangladesh, south central China (south Sichuan and possibly Yunnan), Myanmar, and Nepal. The species grows in forests and thickets, and often near rivers. It is present at elevations of .
Description Schisandra neglecta is a climbing plant. The plants are smooth throughout. The leaf-bearing branches are elongated.
The leaf stems are long. The leaves are elliptical to ovate in shape, papery to subleathery, long, and wide.
The flowers are solitary. The male flowers have stems, and have twelve to forty stamens. The female flowers have stems, and twenty to forty-five carpels. The flowers have six to ten tepals, which can be white, yellow, orange, or pink. The largest tepals are long, and wide. The plant flowers in May and July.
The fruit stems are long. The seed cases are smooth, finely wrinkled, or rarely covered in tubercules. The plant fruits in July and November.
Albert Charles Smith described Schisandra neglecta as most similar to Schisandra sphenanthera and Schisandra rubriflora.
Uses Schisandra neglecta is used in medicine.
Names In Chinese, the species is known as ().
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