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Actinidia / ˌ æ k t ɪ ˈ n ɪ d i ə / [2] is a genus of woody and, with a few exceptions, dioecious plants native to temperate eastern Asia, occurring throughout most of China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan, and extending north to southern areas of Russian Far East and south into Indochina.
Actinidia kolomikta is an ornamental plant for gardens and a houseplant.The plant was collected by Charles Maries in Sapporo, on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, where the plant was locally called miyamatatabi, [8] in 1878, and sent to his patrons, Veitch Nurseries, who introduced it into Western horticulture.
Actinidia deliciosa is a vigorous, woody, twining vine or climbing shrub reaching 9 metres (30 ft). [1] The black-lyre leafroller moth ("Cnephasia" jactatana) is one of the few commercially significant pests of this plant. Fungal pathogen Fusarium acuminatum has been found to be a ripe rot pathogen of Actinidia deliciosa in New Zealand. [2]
The plants are usually small trees or shrubs, or sometimes vines (Actinidia). The alternate, simple, spiral leaves have serrated or entire margins. They lack stipules or are minutely stipulated. They are often beset with rather flattened bristles. The flowers grow solitary or are aggregated in terminal cymes, with free sepals and petals.
Actinidia arguta, the hardy kiwi or kiwiberry [1], is a perennial vine native to Japan, Korea, Northern China, and the Russian Far East. It produces a small kiwifruit without the hair-like fiber covering the outside, unlike most other species of the genus.
Actinidia henryi is a species of flowering plant in the Chinese gooseberry family Actinidiaceae, [2] native to southern China. [1] A semi-evergreen climbing shrub, it is found in mountain forests and thickets at elevations from 1,400 to 2,500 m (4,600 to 8,200 ft). [3] It has the lowest known vitamin C content of any kiwifruit. [4]
Actinidia valvata is a species of flowering plant in the Chinese gooseberry family Actinidiaceae, native to southern China. [1] A deciduous climbing shrub, it is found in open woodlands and in thickets, preferring mountain valley bottoms, around 1,000 m (3,300 ft) above sea level. [2]
Actinidia eriantha is a species of flowering plant in the Chinese gooseberry family Actinidiaceae, native to southern China. [1] A large climbing shrub, it is found in low mountain forests and grassy thickets at elevations from 200 to 1,000 m (700 to 3,300 ft). [2] It fruits in November, which has precluded its development as a commercial crop ...