Schisandraceae
Magnolia berry
Schisandra chinensis
- Family
- Schisandraceae
- Genus
- Schisandra
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Common names
By language (30)
- Arabic
- شزندرة صينية
- Armenian
- Շիզանդրա չինական
- arz
- شزندره صينيه
- Azerbaijani
- Çin cır limonu, Kadzura sinensis, Çin cır limon, Çin şizandrası
- Belarusian
- Лімоннік кітайскі
- Chinese
- 五味子, 二色内风消, 五味子（北五味子）, 五香血藤, 北五味子, 北五味
- Croatian
- Šisandra
- Czech
- Klanopraška čínská, Schizandra čínská
- English
- Magnolia berry, Magnolia-vine
- Estonian
- Hiina sidrunväändik
- Finnish
- Palsamiköynnös, Sitruunaköynnös
- German
- Chinesisches Spaltkörbchen, Vitalbeere, Wu Wei Zi
- Hebrew
- שכיזנדרה סינית
- Hungarian
- Kínai kúszómagnólia
- Indonesian
- Omija
- Japanese
- チョウセンゴミシ, ゴミシ, 五味子
- Korean
- 오미자나무, 오미자
- Latvian
- Citronliāna
- Lithuanian
- Kininis citrinvytis, Kininė šizandra
- lzh
- 五味子
- Malay
- Pokok Ng Mei Tsi
- mnc
- ᠮᡳᠰᡠ ᡥᡡᠰᡳᡥᠠ
- Polish
- Cytryniec chiński
- Russian
- Лимонник китайский, Китайский лимонник
- Slovak
- Schizandra čínska
- Slovenian
- Šisandra
- Spanish
- Omija
- Ukrainian
- Лимонник китайський
- Vietnamese
- Ngũ vị tử bắc
- vro
- Hiina tsitronväändik
Synonyms
- Kadsura chinensis Turcz.
- Maximowiczia amurensis Rupr.
- Maximowiczia chinensis (Turcz.) Rupr.
- Maximowiczia japonica (A.Gray) K.Koch
- Maximowiczia sinensis Rob.
- Schisandra chinensis var. glabrata Nakai ex T.Mori
- Schisandra chinensis var. leucocarpa P.H.Huang & L.H.Zhuo
- Schisandra chinensis var. typica Nakai
- Schisandra nigra f. viridicarpa (Y.N.Lee) M.Kim
- Schisandra repanda f. viridicarpa (Y.N.Lee) M.Kim
- Schisandra viridicarpa Y.N.Lee
- Sphaerostema japonicum A.Gray
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 5 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: Doronenko, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Кордюков Александр, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anastasiia Samokhvalova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tatyana Petrenko, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tatyana Petrenko, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.