Actinidia chinensis

Taxobox
name = "Actinidia chinensis"
status =


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Actinidiaceae
genus = "Actinidia"
species = "A. chinensis"
binomial = "Actinidia chinensis"
binomial_authority = Planch.

"Actinidia chinensis" [ITIS | ID = 506775 | taxon = "Actinidia chinensis" | year = 2007 | date = October 13] [ [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ACCH5 "Actinidia chinensis"] at [http://plants.usda.gov/ USDA PLANTS Database] ] is a fruit tree and medicinal plant [ [http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Actinidia+chinensis "Actinidia chinensis"] at Plants For A Future] native to China. It is pollinated by bees.

Habitat

Thickets and oak forests on slopes or in ravine 250-2300 meters.

Uses

Paper is made from the bark. If the bark is removed in one piece from near the root and placed in hot ashes, it becomes very hard and can be used as a tube for a pencil. The plant is said to have insecticidal properties.

References

ee also

*Kiwifruit