Actinidia arguta is a perennial vine native to Japan, Korea, Northern China, and the Russian Far East. The fruit is known as kiwiberry or hardy kiwi, which are small kiwifruits without the hair-like fiber covering the outside, unlike most other species of the genus.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Hardy kiwifruit being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Actinidia polygama
- Actinidia kolomikta
- Actinidia rufa
- Schisandra arisanensis
- Celastrus kusanoi
- Schisandra chinensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Actinidiaceae
- Genus
- Actinidia
- Species
- Actinidia arguta
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