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Actinidia venosa

Botanic Family

Actinidiaceae

Author

Rehder

Propagation

C.S.

Cultivated

C

Common Names

• Xian mai mi hou tao (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Sichuan
• Xizang
• Yunnan - China
• Assam - India

Natural Habitats

• Montane forest
• thickets

Flowering Times

• May-Jul (China)

Fruiting Times

• Sep (China)

Large deciduous climbing shrub withglabrescent purple brown branches with white lenticels, Leaves to 150mm x 75mm with denticulate-serrulate margins mostly glabrous above & glabrescent beneath, axillary rusty-tomentose cymes of buff-yellow flowers, 5 rusty-tomentose sepals to 5mm long , petals to 10mm x 6mm, ovoid glabrous brown fruit to 25mm long, leaves with prominent veins

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Krussmann 1976
• Warrington 1990
• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• FOC
• GWC 1997
• The Plant List 2
• JAA