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(First upload on October 26 2014. Last on March 26 2026) [ 日本語 | English ]

Actinidia Lindl. (マタタビ) Sarunashi (サルナシ, 猿梨), hardy kiwi Kokuwa (コクワ), often called to the fruit Lifeform : woody vine Distribution: northern China - Far East - Korea - Japan Habitat: forest edges and gaps Field training on integrated environmental research (統合環境調査法実習) (fauna and flora 種リスト) ♀

♂ (Yamaguchi & Kikuzawa 1993) Chromosome number: 2n = 58, 116 or 174 (x = 29) var. hypoleuca (Nakai) Kitam. (ウラジロマタタビ), diploid, leaf backside = powdery white f. rufinervis (Nakai) Sugim. (サビサルナシ)

Cultivars mitsukou (ミツコウ, 光香), houkou (ホウコウ, 峰香), jabami (ジャバミ, 蛇喰), showa strain (昭和系), shinzan (シンザン, 信山), shigemidori (シゲミドリ, 茂緑)

Actinidia arguta in Hokkaido

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[1] at Denshinhama Coast, Muroran City, on September 8 2014. [2] in an area planed for Shimamaki Wind Farm, on June 19 2023. [3] in the crater basin of Mount Usu (☛ flora) on July 25 2018. [4/5] along a paved road beside Utasai wetland (歌才湿原), southern Hokkaido, on October 16 2024.

Cultivars

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[1-3] in front of an apartment in N23/W2, North Ward, Sapporo, on November 9 2022.

Actinidia deliciosa (A. Chev.) C. F. Liang et A. R. Ferguson

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Kiuifuruutsu (キウイフルーツ), kiwifruit or kiwi fruit Lifeform: perennial, deciduous woody vine Distribution: native to southern China introduced globally for commercial fruit production

Habitat: along forest edges, understory of deciduous broadleaf woodlands, and slopes near stream valleys Chromosome number: 2n = 174 (6x)

Synonyms: Actinidia chinensis Planch. var. deliciosa (A. Cheval.) A. Cheval. Actinidia chinensis Planch. var. hispida C. F. Liang

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[1] in Fukuoka Zoo and Botanical Garden, northern Kyushu, on September 20 2025. [2/3] on a house garden in the North Ward of Sapporo on September 9 2025.