Actinidiaceae
Tara vine
Actinidia arguta
- Family
- Actinidiaceae
- Genus
- Actinidia
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Common names
By language (28)
- Arabic
- الكيوي الصغير
- azb
- سیوریارپاق آکتینیدی
- Azerbaijani
- Sivriyarpaq aktinidiya
- Bangla
- শক্ত কিউই
- Belarusian
- Актынідыя востразубчатая
- Chinese
- 奇异莓, 軟棗獼猴桃, 软枣猕猴桃, 小羊桃, 猕猴梨叶, 猕猴梨根, 紫果猕猴桃, 软枣子
- Croatian
- Sibirski kivi
- Czech
- Aktinidie význačná
- Danish
- Stikkelsbær-kiwi
- Dutch
- Mini-kiwi, Kiwai, Kiwibes, Kokuwa, Mantsjoerijse kruisbes
- English
- Tara vine, Hardy kiwi
- Esperanto
- Kiveo
- Estonian
- Teravahambaline aktiniidia
- Finnish
- Japaninlaikkuköynnös, Kiivimarja, Kiwai, Marjova laikkuköynnös
- French
- Kiwaï, Kiwai
- German
- Scharfzähniger Strahlengriffel, Honigbeere, Kiwibeere, Kleinfruchtige Kiwi, Strahlengriffel
- Hungarian
- Kopasz kivi, Japánegres, Minikivi
- Icelandic
- Broddflétta
- Japanese
- サルナシ, コクワ, シラクチカズラ, シラクチヅル, ニギョウ, 猿梨
- Korean
- 다래나무, 다래, 참다래, 참다래나무
- Lithuanian
- Smailialapė aktinidija
- Persian
- کیوی قطب شمال
- Polish
- Aktinidia ostrolistna
- Russian
- Актинидия острая, Актинидия аргута, Актинидия острозубчатая
- Swedish
- Krusbärsaktinidia
- Turkish
- Hardy kivi, Sibirya kivisi
- Ukrainian
- Актинідія гостра
- Yiddish
- קיווי יאגדע
Synonyms
- Actinidia arguta var. curta Skvortsov
- Actinidia arguta var. megalocarpa (Nakai) Kitag.
- Actinidia arguta var. purpurea (Rehder) C.F.Liang
- Actinidia callosa var. arguta (Siebold & Zucc.) Makino
- Actinidia rufa var. arguta (Siebold & Zucc.) Dunn
- Trochostigma argutum Siebold & Zucc.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 55 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jane Charlen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jane Charlen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Repina Tatyana, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Мария Ткаченко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: りなべる, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Schurdl, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Schurdl, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ольга Зеленова, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Schurdl, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: renshuchu, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.