Actinidiaceae FAMILY

Actinidia latifolia

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Actinidia latifolia is a vigorous, deciduous climbing shrub, producing one or more branching stems that scramble over the ground and twine around the branches of other plants for support. The stems can be up to 20 metres long, but more commonly 5 - 9 metres[ 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. , 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 , 1055 Title A Taxonomic Revision of Actinidiaceae of Vietnam Publication Blumea 52; pp 209 - 243 Author Nguyen M. Cuong, Djaja D. Soejarto & Jiangquiang Li Website http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/ Publisher Year 2007 ISBN Description A treatment of the Actinidiaceae found in Vietnam ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra)

HabitatClimbing into trees on mountain slopes, valleys, thickets and forests at elevations of 400 - 1,700 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. ]. Rather rare in hill forests at elevations from 900 - 1,500 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 ].