Schisandraceae FAMILY
Schisandra grandiflora
Schisandra grandiflora
Edibility
4/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Schisandra grandiflora is a Deciduous Climber up to 6.00 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeE. Asia - China to the Himalayas.
HabitatMixed forests and shrubberies at elevations of 1700 - 3300 metres in the Himalayas[ 51 Title Flowers of the Himalayas. Publication Author Polunin. O. and Stainton. A. Publisher Oxford Universtiy Press Year 1984 ISBN - Description A very readable and good pocket guide (if you have a very large pocket!) to many of the wild plants in the Himalayas. Gives many examples of plant uses. , 272 Title Plants and People of Nepal Publication Author Manandhar. N. P. Publisher Timber Press. Oregon. Year 2002 ISBN 0-88192-527-6 Description Excellent book, covering over 1,500 species of useful plants from Nepal together with information on the geography and peoples of Nepal. Good descriptions of the plants with terse notes on their uses. ].