Actinidia henryi (Maxim.) Dunn

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Actinidia henryi' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/actinidia/actinidia-henryi/). Accessed 2025-04-28.

Family

Actinidiaceae

Genus

Actinidia

Synonyms

A. callosa var. henryi Maxim.

Other taxa in genus

Glossary

glabrous: Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.
glaucous: Grey-blue often from superficial layer of wax (bloom).
midrib: midveinCentral and principal vein in a leaf.
ovate: Egg-shaped; broadest towards the stem.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Actinidia henryi' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/actinidia/actinidia-henryi/). Accessed 2025-04-28.

A tall climber with slightly ribbed young shoots, covered with stout, curly, reddish bristles; the year-old wood glabrous; pith chambered. Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, heart-shaped or rounded at the base, taper-pointed, minutely toothed, 3 to 5 in. long, 11⁄2 to 21⁄2 in. wide; glaucous beneath, with a little down on the midrib and veins. Leaf-stalk 3⁄4 to 11⁄2 in. long, bristly when young. Flowers white, nearly 1⁄2 in. diameter, produced in the leaf-axils in short, rounded racemes, the stout main-stalk reddish bristly, the slender individual flower-stalks downy, 1⁄4 to 1⁄2 in. long. Fruits cylindrical, 3⁄4 to 1 in. long, 1⁄3 to 1⁄2 in. wide.

Native of Yunnan, in mountain forests at 5,000 to 6,000 ft; discovered by Henry; introduced by Wilson for the Arnold Arboretum, and sent thence to Kew in 1910.

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