Actinidiaceae FAMILY

Actinidia polygama

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Actinidia polygama is a deciduous, climbing shrub producing one or more branched stems that twine into the surrounding vegetation for support or scramble over the ground, where they can form thickets. The plant is harvested from the wild and is also cultivated as a food crop, some superior forms have been developed. The fruits are traded. It is often also grown as an ornamental, valued especially for its variegated leaves[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Russian Far East (Primorye, Sakhalin), China, Japan, Korea

HabitatWoodlands and hedges in mountains throughout Japan[ 58 Title Flora of Japan. (English translation) Publication Author Ohwi. G. Publisher Smithsonian Institution Year 1965 ISBN - Description The standard work. Brilliant, but not for the casual reader. ]. Mountain forests at elevations of 500 - 1,900 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. ].