Actinidia chengkouensis

Botanical Description

Actinidia chengkouensis is a medium-sized, deciduous climbing shrub producing one or more branched stems that twine into the surrounding vegetation or scramble over the ground, where they can form dense thickets[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.