Callosa Kiwi (Actinidia callosa)

Family: Actinidiaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Actinidia callosa is a deciduous Climber growing to 9 m (29ft 6in). See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 7 and is not frost tender. It is in flower from June to July, and the seeds ripen from October to November. 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).

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit

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

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Fruit - raw or cooked. A very delicate flavour. An acid flavour. The fruit can be dried. The fruits are grayish-green when fully ripe and 18 - 50mm long. They contain a number of small seeds, but these are easily eaten with the fruit. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; A very delicate flavour.; The fruit can be dried.; The fruits are grayish-green when fully ripe and 18 - 50mm long.

Habitat & North American Range

Forests and shrubberies to 3000 metres in the Himalayas. Forests, thickets, forest margins, valleys, slopes, streamsides and moist places at elevations of 400 - 2600 metres in China. (Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)