Actinidia cordata
Merr.
Kau Hop Tang
ActinidiaceaeFruit
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant.
Asia, China,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A climber. It grows 2.5 m long. The fruit are black and edible. Possibly Actinidia kolomikta as its synonym Actinidia maloides f. cordata C. F. Liang
Notes
There are 40-60 Actinidia species. The Actinidiaceae are a mainly tropical family. Not in The Plant List.
References (2)
- Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 2812
- NYBG Herbarium "edible"
