English: Magnolia vines.
Synonym: Schizandra chinensis.
Chinese: wǔwèizǐ = five flavor fruit.
Region: Asia, China; North America.
Habitat: any kind of soil; on sheltered, shady wall.
Use: ornamental; dried fruit medicinally.
BotanyType: shrubs; twining, climbers; hardy; deciduous.
Propagation: by cuttings of half-matured shoots in August.
TaxonomyVarious authors have included the plants in the
Illiciaceae.