Venosa Kiwi (Actinidia venosa)

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

Actinidia venosa is a deciduous Climber growing to 9 m (29ft 6in). It is frost tender. It is in flower from June to July, and the seeds ripen in October. 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

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Fruit - raw or cooked. The cylindrical fruit is hairless when fully ripe and up to 15 - 25mm long. It contains a number of small seeds, but these are easily eaten with the fruit. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; The cylindrical fruit is hairless when fully ripe and up to 15 - 25mm long.; It contains a number of small seeds, but these are easily eaten with the fruit.

Habitat & North American Range

Thickets and mountain forests at elevations of. 1000 - 3650 metres in Sikiang, Szechwan and N. Yunnan. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)