Actinidiaceae
Silver vine
Actinidia polygama
- Family
- Actinidiaceae
- Genus
- Actinidia
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Common names
By language (18)
- Arabic
- اكتينيديا بوليغاما, اكتينيديه, ماتاتابي
- Azerbaijani
- Poliqam aktinidiya
- Chinese
- 木天蓼, 葛枣猕猴桃, 葛棗獼猴桃, 木天寥, 木天蓼子, 木天蓼根, 葛枣, 葛枣子
- Czech
- Aktinidie stříbrná
- Dutch
- Matatabi
- English
- Silver vine
- Estonian
- Mõru aktiniidia
- Finnish
- Mantsurianlaikkuköynnös, Mantšurianlaikkuköynnös
- German
- Japanischer Strahlengriffel, Matatabi, Silberwein
- Icelandic
- Silfurflétta
- Japanese
- マタタビ, またたび, モクテンリョウ, 夏梅, 木天蓼
- Korean
- 개다래
- lzh
- 木天蓼
- Persian
- اکتینیدیا پلیگاما
- Russian
- Актинидия полигамная
- Swedish
- Klätteraktinidia
- Turkish
- Matatabi
- Ukrainian
- Актинідія полігамна
Synonyms
- Actinidia inflammans Nakai
- Actinidia lecomtei Nakai
- Actinidia polygama var. latifolia Miq.
- Actinidia polygama var. lecomtei (Nakai) H.L.Li
- Actinidia repanda (Siebold & Zucc.) Honda
- Actinidia volubilis Franch. & Sav.
- Actinidia volubilis (Siebold & Zucc.) Planch. ex Miq.
- Trochostigma polygamum Siebold & Zucc.
- Trochostigma volubile Siebold & Zucc.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Shu Suehiro, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shu Suehiro, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Qwert1234 at Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aomorikuma at ja.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aomorikuma at ja.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Qwert1234 at ja.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ka23 13, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 小宮山広明, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.