Actinidiaceae FAMILY

Actinidia fulvicoma

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Actinidia fulvicoma is a semi-evergreen, climbing shrub producing one or more branching stems that twine into the surrounding vegetation for support. The stems are 4 - 8 metres long, sometimes longer[ 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. , 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 harvestd from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, northern Vietnam

HabitatMountain slopes and valleys, sparse forests and thickets, in the shade or in the open at elevations of 100 - 1,800 metres[ 198 Title Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. Vol. 33. Publication Author Li. H. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University Year 1952 ISBN - Description A botanical magazine, it contains a monograph of the genus Actinidia. Available to download from the Internet. , 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. ]. Primary evergreen broad-leaved monsoon forest on sandstone, gneiss and limestone slope in Vietnam[ 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 ].