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Actinidia callosa, the Himalayan kiwi vine, is a deciduous climber from the Himalayas and southern China, grown mainly for its edible fruit. It is a vigorous vine that needs strong support and a sunny position to fruit well.
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.
Actinidia callosa is the species of Actinidia which has the largest natural distribution across the world, and is found in the Himalayas, central and southern China, Taiwan, Myanmar, Vietnam, and parts of South East Asia, including Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Actinidia callosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
