Arguta Kiwi (Actinidia arguta cordifolia)

Family: Actinidiaceae | Edibility: Choice Edible (4/5)

Actinidia arguta cordifolia is a deciduous Climber growing to 7 m (23ft). It is frost tender. It is in flower from April to May, and the seeds ripen from October to December. The species is dioecious (individual flowers are either male or female, but only one sex is to be found on any one plant so both male and female plants must be grown if seed is required). and is pollinated by Bees, insects. The plant is not self-fertile.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweet flesh. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; Smooth skinned with a sweet flesh.; About the size of a grape.; The globose to oblong fruit is greenish-yellow or purple-red when mature and 2 - 3 cm long.

Habitat & North American Range

Mountain forests, thickets, streamsides and moist places at elevations of 700 - 3600 metres in China. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)