Actinidia callosa var. henryi Maxim.

Variety

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Characteristics

A climber. It loses its leaves during the year. It grows to 7 m long. The young branches are purple-red. They have yellow hairs. The leaves are oval and 5-10 cm long by 3-7 cm wide. They taper to the tip and are rounded at the base. Male and female flowers occur on separate plants. The flowers are yellow and white. They have a scent. The fruit are 1.8-2.5 cm long and contain many small seeds.
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Leaf blade often ovate to elliptic-ovate to obovate, 8-10 × 4-5.5 cm, papery, abaxially often with barbate lateral vein axils, margin sharply to slightly serrate, occasionally slightly saddle-shaped biserrate. Fruit mammilliform to cylindric, to 5 cm. 2n = 116*.
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Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination entomogamy
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows naturally in W Hupeh to SW Hunan Provinces in China in thickets between 1700-3500 metres in altitude. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw or cooked. They are also used for wine.
Uses medicinal
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

It can be grown from seed or cuttings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 60 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
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Minimum temperature (C°) -21
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Distribution

Actinidia callosa var. henryi world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:316463-1
WFO ID wfo-0000519174
COL ID 5LZ27
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Actinidia curvidens Actinidia callosa var. henryi Actinidia callosa var. ephippioidea