Plant Details

Accepted name:: Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill. [Schisandraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bac ngu vi tu	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
bai wu wei zi	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
bei wu wei zi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
bei wuweizi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
chinese magnolia vine	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
chinese magnolia-vine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chinese magnoliavine fruit	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
chinese mock-barberry	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
chinesischer limonenbaum	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
chinesisches spaltkölbchen	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
chinesisches spaltkörbchen	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
chosen-gomishi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
dheng-mai-yin	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
five flavor fruit	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
five-flavor-fruit	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fjärilsranka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
fructus schisandrae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
fructus schisandrae chinensis	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
fushun liaoning schisandra	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
lemonwood	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
limonnik kitajskij	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
m mei gee	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
magnolia vine	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
magnolia-vine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
matsbouza	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
ngu mei gee	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
ngũ vị tử	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
northern magnoliavine	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
northern schisandra	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
northern schisandra fruit	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
o-mee-ja	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
o-mi-d'ja	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
o-mi-ja	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
omicha	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
omija	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ornija	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
palsamiköynnös	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
pen ts’ao	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
schisandra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
schisandra chinensis fruit	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
schisandra de chine	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
schisandra fruit	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
schisandrae chinensis fructus	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
schisandrae fructus	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
schizandra	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
semina schisandrae	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
wu wei zi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
wu wei zih	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
wu-wei-zi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
wu-weitzu	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
wuweizi	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
wŭwèizǐ	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
лимонник китайский	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
ゴミシ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
五味子	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
北五味子	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
抚顺辽五味子	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
오미자	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
fruit		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
fruit	dried ripe fruits	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
ripe fruit	dried ripe fruit	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
fruit		Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
fruit	ripe fruits	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
fruit		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
fruit, fruit		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
fruit		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
Fruit		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Fruit		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
fruit	whole, dried or steamed and dried, ripe fruit	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
fruit	fruit	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
fruit		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
fruit		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
fruit	Whole, dried or steamed and dried, ripe fruit	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
fruit		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
fruit	well ripe fruit	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Kadsura chinensis Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 7: 149 (1837).
Maximowiczia amurensis Rupr. Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 15: 124 (1856).
Maximowiczia chinensis (Turcz.) Rupr. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 9: 31 (1859).
Maximowiczia japonica (A.Gray) K.Koch Dendrologie 1: 386 (1869).
Maximowiczia sinensis Rob. Garden (London, 1871-1927) 6: 583 (1874).
Schisandra chinensis var. glabrata Nakai in T.Mori, Enum. Pl. Corea: 166 (1922).
Schisandra chinensis var. leucocarpa P.H.Huang & L.H.Zhuo Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 14(1): 35 (1994).
Schisandra chinensis var. typica Nakai Fl. Sylv. Kor. 20: 105 (1933), not validly publ.
Schisandra nigra f. viridicarpa (Y.N.Lee) M.Kim Korean Endemic Pl.: 292 (2004), not validly publ.
Schisandra repanda f. viridicarpa (Y.N.Lee) M.Kim Korean Endemic Pl.: 515 (2017), basionym not validly publ.
Schisandra viridicarpa Y.N.Lee Fl. Korea, ed. 4: 1150 (2002), without type.
Sphaerostema japonicum A.Gray Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s., 6: 380 (1859).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Kadsura chinensis Turcz.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Schisandra chinenesis (Turcz.) Baill.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Schisandra chinensis	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill.	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) GAP Prod. of TCM Herbs in China (Zhang et al., 2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Barll.	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
Schisandra chinensis Baillon	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Schizandra chinensis	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Schizandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Schizandra chinensis (Turczaninow) Baill.	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)

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