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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.
Hardy kiwi is the name of a fruit product and common name of several species of the genus Actinidia: Actinidia arguta, the ″hardy kiwi″, a perennial vine native to Japan, Korea, Northern China, and Russian Far East; Actinidia kolomikta, the ″kolomikta″ or ″variegated-leaf hardy kiwi″
Most of the species are dioecious with separate male and female plants, but some are monoecious. The fruit is a large berry containing numerous small seeds ; in most species, the fruit is edible. In particular, this genus is known for the species Actinidia deliciosa , one of the most common cultivated kiwifruits , and for the hardy ornamental A ...
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 rufa is a species of flowering plant in the Chinese gooseberry family Actinidiaceae, native to Taiwan, some of the southwestern South Korean islands, the Ryukyu Islands, and southern and south-central Japan. [1] A large climbing shrub, it is found in mountain forests at elevations from 1,000 to 2,000 m (3,300 to 6,600 ft). [2]
Actinidia kolomikta, the kolomikta, [2] miyamatatabi, [3] super-hardy kiwi, [4] or variegated-leaf hardy kiwi, [5] is a species of flowering plant in the Chinese Gooseberry family (Actinidiaceae), native to temperate mixed forests of the Russian Far East, Korea, Japan and China (Eastern Asiatic Region).
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 ...