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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 ...
They are temperate and subtropical woody vines, shrubs, and trees, native to Asia (Actinidia or kiwifruit, Clematoclethra, and Saurauia) and Central America and South America (Saurauia only). Saurauia, with its 300 species, is the largest genus in this family. Although now confined to Asia and tropical Central and South America, evidence ...
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 plant is a very long-lived, deciduous woody scrambling vine and creeper, [6] which ultimately grows to 8–10 m (26–33 ft). It is the hardiest species in the genus Actinidia, at least down to about −40 °C (−40 °F) in winter, albeit somewhat susceptible to late spring frosts.
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 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 ...
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]