Schisandra neglecta
A.C. Smith in Sargentia 7: 127. 1947. S. elongatum auct. non Blume; Hook. f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 85. 1855. S. elongata sensu Hook. f. & Thomson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 44. 1872 (excl. basionym).
Kh.: Soh-mijarian; Nep.: Singhatta-lahara
Climbers, deciduous, woody; branchlets thin, lenticelled, scaly at base. Leaves ovate or oblong-lanceolate, rounded or cuneate and somewhat unequal at base, entire, denticulate or sometimes sinuous along margins, acute or shortly acuminate at apex, 5 - 15 x 2 - 7 cm, membranous, glabrous above, minutely verrucose and subglauoous beneath; lateral nerves 4 - 6 pairs; petioles channelled above, 1.5 - 2 cm long. Flowers yellowish, 1.5 - 2 cm across; pedicels 1.5 - 5 cm long, slender. Perianth segments 7 - 8, orbicular, subsimilar, 5 - 16 mm across, green outside, yellowish inside. Male flowers: Stamens spirally arranged; outer ones on ca 0.5 mm long filaments, often monadelphous below; anthers 1 - 2 mm long with a thick connective. Female flowers: Carpels 20 - 24 on 1.5 - 1.8 mm long column, ellipsoid, 1 - 2 x 1 mm. Fruiting column 4 - 12 cm long; fruitlets 10 - 30, sessile, oblong-ellipsoid or globose, not beaked, 5 - 7 x 3 - 4 mm. Seeds 1 - 2.
Fl. & Fr. Apr. - Sept.
Distrib. India: Subtropical forests, up to 2200 m. West Bengal, Sikkim and Meghalaya.
Nepal, Bhutan, China and Myanmar.
Climbers, deciduous, woody; branchlets thin, lenticelled, scaly at base. Leaves ovate or oblong-lanceolate, rounded or cuneate and somewhat unequal at base, entire, denticulate or sometimes sinuous along margins, acute or shortly acuminate at apex, 5 - 15 x 2 - 7 cm, membranous, glabrous above, minutely verrucose and subglauoous beneath; lateral nerves 4 - 6 pairs; petioles channelled above, 1.5 - 2 cm long. Flowers yellowish, 1.5 - 2 cm across; pedicels 1.5 - 5 cm long, slender. Perianth segments 7 - 8, orbicular, subsimilar, 5 - 16 mm across, green outside, yellowish inside. Male flowers: Stamens spirally arranged; outer ones on ca 0.5 mm long filaments, often monadelphous below; anthers 1 - 2 mm long with a thick connective. Female flowers: Carpels 20 - 24 on 1.5 - 1.8 mm long column, ellipsoid, 1 - 2 x 1 mm. Fruiting column 4 - 12 cm long; fruitlets 10 - 30, sessile, oblong-ellipsoid or globose, not beaked, 5 - 7 x 3 - 4 mm. Seeds 1 - 2.
Fl. & Fr. Apr. - Sept.
Distrib. India: Subtropical forests, up to 2200 m. West Bengal, Sikkim and Meghalaya.
Nepal, Bhutan, China and Myanmar.
