Large-Flowered Schisandra (Schisandra grandiflora)

Family: Schisandraceae | Edibility: Choice Edible (4/5)

Schisandra grandiflora is a deciduous Climber growing to 6 m (19ft 8in). See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 8 and is frost tender. It is in flower from April to May, and the seeds ripen from August to September. The species is dioecious (individual flowers are either male or female, but only one sex is to be found on any one plant so both male and female plants must be grown if seed is required). .

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer

Flavor & Culinary Uses

pleasantly acid flavour, they make a nice dessert fruit. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; A pleasantly acid flavour, they make a nice dessert fruit.; The fruit is about 6mm in diameter and is borne in a grape-like bunch about 12cm long.

Habitat & North American Range

Mixed forests and shrubberies at elevations of 1700 - 3300 metres in the Himalayas. (Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9, Zone 10)