Actinidia callosa

Actinidia callosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Actinidiaceae
Genus: Actinidia
Species:
A. callosa
Binomial name
Actinidia callosa
Synonyms
List
    • Actinidia arisanensis Hayata
    • Actinidia callosa var. ephippioidea C.F.Liang
    • Actinidia callosa var. formosana Finet & Gagnep.
    • Actinidia callosa var. pubiramula C.Y.Wu
    • Actinidia curvidens Dunn
    • Actinidia fanjingshanensis S.D.Shi & Q.B.Wang
    • Actinidia formosana (Finet & Gagnep.) Hayata
    • Actinidia pubescens (Dunn) Ridl.
    • Actinidia rankanensis Hayata
    • Actinidia remoganensis Hayata

Actinidia callosa, the Himalayan kiwi vine, is a species of flowering plant in the Chinese gooseberry family Actinidiaceae.

A deciduous climber reaching 30 m (98 ft), it is found in a wide variety of habitats at elevations from 400 to 2,600 m (1,300 to 8,500 ft). Cultivated for its fruit, there is considerable doubt that it is a good species given vagrancies in the distributions of its varieties and its variable chromosome numbers.