Actinidia
Habit | vine-climber
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Origin: | ✈ | E Asia |
Exposure: | ☼ | sun, part-sun |
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Water: | ◍ | moist, moderate |
Features: | ✓ | evergreen, deciduous |
Sunset Zones: | vary by species |
Actinidia (pronounced /ˌæktɨˈnɪdiə/)[1] is a genus of woody and, with few exceptions, dioecious plants native to temperate eastern Asia. The genus includes shrubs growing to 6 m tall, and vigorous, strong-growing vines, growing up to 30 m in tree canopies.
The leaves are alternate, simple, with a dentate margin and a long petiole. The flowers are solitary or in axillary cymes, usually white, with five small petals. Most of the species are dioecious with separate male and female plants, but some are monoecious. The fruit is a large berry containing numerous small seeds; in most species the fruit is edible. In particular this genus is known for the species Actinidia deliciosa, the kiwifruit.
ExpandRead about Actinidia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Cultivation
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Propagation
Propagation is by seeds, which are sown in spring and germinate readily; also by cuttings, of half-ripened wood in summer or by hardwood cuttings under glass, and also by layersCH.
Pests and diseases
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Species
There are about 40-60 species of Actinidiawp:
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
- w:Actinidia. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Actinidia QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)
- ↑ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607