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Actinidia arguta |
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Bower Actinidia |
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Vigorous growing, high climbing vine. |
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20-30 feet |
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Plants are
polygamo-dioecious. The fragrant
white flowers are globular shaped with many dark
purple anthers. They are borne in threes in the
leaf axils from June to July. |
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Leaves are 3-5 inches long, simple, alternate,
broad ovate to elliptical i.e. heart shaped. The leaves have
acuminate tips with rounded bases and serrate
margins. Leaf color is lustrous, glossy dark green with
a bristly midrib. Leaf petioles are often
reddish-purple in color. |
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Fall color is yellowish green. Leaves persist
late in the season. |
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Buds, concealed above the leaf scars, are small.
Terminal buds are lacking. |
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Stems are glabrous and brown with many
lenticels. The brown pith has thin plates. Leaf
scars with a single trace are raised. |
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Fruit is an edible yellow-green ellipsoidal
berry, produced in September-October. |
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