Schisandra seeds herb Chinese Magnolia Vine

LATIN NAME: Schisandra chinensis

COMMON NAME: Magnolia Vine

The magnolia vine twines its slender stems and the oval leaves, with the small, cream flowers and the hanging clusters of the round, red berries. The vigorous, twining, deciduous vine carries the oval or heart-shaped, toothed, dark-green leaves on the slender, twining stems and the small, waxy, cream-white or pale-pink flowers through the early summer, one of the fine, generous sights of the sunny wall, drawing the bees, to be followed by the long, hanging clusters of the small, round, bright-red berries. The berries have a long record in the old practice of the cool East, and the vine is a fine, historic presence of the sunny wall. It is a vine of the open, sunny, deep, moist, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The magnolia vine is a historic subject of the plant science, and the red berries keep showing up in the work on the twining vines. The chemistry of the small, round, bright-red berries, which carry the fine, sour-sweet compounds of the old practice, has been studied closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the twining vines, the red-berried climbers and the members of the schisandra family. The oval leaves and the vigorous habit have also made it a fine study vine, and the magnolia vine is a regular subject of the work on the red berries of the cool world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The magnolia vine is a fine, generous vine of the sunny wall and the study collection. The long, hanging clusters of the small, round, bright-red berries follow the small, waxy, cream-white or pale-pink flowers through the early summer, one of the fine, generous sights of the sunny wall, drawing the bees, and the berries have a long record in the old practice of the cool East, with the five tastes of the old tables. It is one of the fine choices for the sunny wall, the pergola and the study collection, and it has been written up in the botanical and the culinary papers for the red berries and the long record of use. It is a fine, generous vine of the open, sunny, deep, moist, well-drained garden.

Give the young vines the wall and the moist soil, and the red clusters will come in the years to come.

To grow the magnolia vine from seed, sow the small, brown seeds just below the surface of the deep, gritty tray of rich, loamy soil, keep the tray in a cool, bright spot and water gently, then pot the young vines on as they fill the pot. The seedlings come through within a few weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun, the wall or the pergola and the deep, moist, well-drained ground, the red clusters will come in the years to come.

Medicinal uses

Modern Chinese research suggests that schisandra and other lignans have a protective effect on the liver and an immunomodulating effect. Two human trials in China (one double-blind and the other preliminary) have shown that schisandra may help people with chronic viral hepatitis reports Liu KT from Studies on fructus Schizandre cinensis. Schisandra lignans appear to protect the liver by activating the enzymes that produce glutathione.
Recently, the extract of S. rubriflora, a native of the Yunnan province, was found to contain complex and highly oxygenated nortriterpenoids. The discoverers named those molecules Rubriflorins A-C.

Schisandra chinensis is a deciduous, ornamental, woody, twining vine that produces edible fruit and is native to forests of Northern China and the Russian Far East. Commonly known as the Chinese Magnolia Vine, it is one of the most ornamental edible vines you could ever wish to grow. Scratch the bark and an intense, clean fragrance that's a combination of Daphne odora and lime peel will greet your nose. The leaves along the stem are solid green, grouped in threes and slightly heart shaped. The spring flowers are small and sweetly fragrant and are followed by dense grape-like clusters of shiny brilliant red berries ripening in late summer.It is very fast growing and can grow up to 25 feet in a single season. The species itself is dioecious, thus flowers on a female plant will only produce fruit when fertilized with pollen from a male plant.