Actinidiaceae FAMILY

Actinidia callosa

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Actinidia callosa is a vigorous, deciduous climbing shrub, producing stems up to 30 metres long that scramble over the ground and twine around the branches of other plants for support. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is sometimes grown for its fruit and sometimes as an ornamental in gardens[ 126 Title The Plantsman. Vol. 6. 1984 - 1985. Publication Author ? Publisher Royal Horticultural Society Year 1984 ISBN - Description Excerpts from the periodical giving cultivation details and other notes on some of the useful plants including Actinidia and Wisteria species. , 183 Title Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Publication Author Facciola. S. Publisher Kampong Publications Year 1990 ISBN 0-9628087-0-9 Description Excellent. Contains a very wide range of conventional and unconventional food plants (including tropical) and where they can be obtained (mainly N. American nurseries but also research institutes and a lot of other nurseries from around the world. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeE. Asia - central and southern China, Taiwan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java).

HabitatForests, thickets, forest margins, valleys, slopes, streamsides and moist places at elevations of 400 - 2,600 metres in China[ 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. ]. Mountain forests and forest borders at elevations of 1,000 - 2,040 metres in Malaysia[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ].