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Actinidiaceae

7 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Ericales › Actinidiaceae

Actinidia chinensis Planch. is a kiwifruit species native to southern China and Taiwan, with multiple commercially important cultivars.

Actinidia kolomikta is a hardy, variegated-leaf dioecious climbing vine grown ornamentally and for small edible berries.

Actinidia rufa is a large climbing flowering shrub, a wild relative of kiwifruit, native to East Asian islands and Japan.

Actinidia chinensis var. setosa is a Taiwan-endemic variety of the commercially grown kiwifruit species Actinidia chinensis.

Himalayan kiwi vine (Actinidia callosa) is a widely distributed deciduous climber cultivated for fruit, with uncertain species status.

Actinidia arguta, the hardy kiwi that produces kiwiberries, is a cold-hardy vine cultivated for its edible small smooth-skinned fruit.

Actinidia polygama, or silver vine, is a deciduous climber grown for fruit and used in traditional East Asian medicine.

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Ericaceae 520 species Polemoniaceae 150 species Primulaceae 126 species Sapotaceae 41 species Ebenaceae 30 species Balsaminaceae 18 species Theaceae 15 species Lecythidaceae 13 species

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