Tara vine
শক্ত কিউই
Actinidia arguta (Siebold & Zucc.) Planch. ex Miq.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 8.4 m
- wide
- 4.1 m
Actinidiaceae
Formerly Trochostigma argutum
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- LianaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Russian Far East to China, Temp. E. AsiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 7.6 m to 9.1 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 2.1 m to 6.1 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, greenRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (4)
- Chinese
- 紫果猕猴桃, 小羊桃, 猕猴梨叶
- German
- Scharfzähniger Strahlengriffel
- Simplified Chinese
- 软枣子, 软枣猕猴桃
- Bangla
- শক্ত কিউই
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 3.0
- 3D model: Actinidia arguta (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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