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Purple kiwi or red kiwi is a fruiting pl

Actinidia melanandra

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Actinidia melanandra, known as purple kiwi or red kiwi is a fruiting plant in the genus Actinidia, which contains three commercially grown species of kiwifruit. The plant is native to parts of Hubei, Sichuan, and Yunnan provinces of China. The fruit has a fuzzy purple skin with reddish flesh. Although the fruit is edible, is not commercially cultivated, however it is occasionally sold as a landscape plant under the erroneous name Actinidia melandra.

Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Actinidia melanandra
Slug
actinidia-melanandra
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Actinidiaceae
Genus
Actinidia
Species
melanandra
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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