Taxon: Actinidia callosa Lindl.

Summary

Genus:

Actinidia

Section:

Actinidia

Family:

Actinidiaceae

Nomen number:

1390

Place of publication:

Intr. nat. syst. bot. ed. 2. 439. 1836

Protologue link:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53331390

Comment:

type species

Verified:

07/22/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

10 (5 active, 2 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Actinidia callosa Lindl. var. acuminata C. F. Liang (0 active accession[s])
Actinidia callosa Lindl. var. callosa (0 active accession[s])
Actinidia callosa Lindl. var. discolor C. F. Liang (0 active accession[s])
Actinidia callosa Lindl. var. henryi Maxim. (2 active accession[s])
Actinidia callosa Lindl. var. pubescens Dunn (0 active accession[s])
Actinidia callosa Lindl. var. strigillosa C. F. Liang (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Images (2 total. Click on image for more.)

Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Chat, J. et al. 2004. Reticulate evolution in kiwifruit (Actinidia, Actinidiaceae) identified by comparing their maternal and paternal phylogenies. Amer. J. Bot. 91:736-747.
Cuong, N. M. et al. 2007. A taxonomic revision of Actinidiaceae of Vietnam. Blumea 52:209-243. Note: a new record for Vietnam of Actinidia callosa var. discolor
Ferguson, A. R. & H. Huang. 2007. Genetic resources of kiwifruit: domestication and breeding. Hort. Rev. 33:1-121.
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
Hooker, J. D. 1872-1897. Flora of British India
Li, H. L. et al., eds. 1975-1979. Flora of Taiwan.
Li, H. L. 1952. A taxonomic review of the genus Actinidia. J. Arnold Arbor. 33:45.
Li, J.-Q. et al. 2007. A revision of the genus Actinidia from China. Acta Hort. 753:41-44. Note: lists
Li, X. W. et al. 2009. Advances in the study of the systematics of Actinidia Lindley. Frontiers Biol. 4:55-61. Note: commented on a probable conspecificity with Actinidia umbelloides
Li, X.-W. & J.-Q. Li. 2007. Lectotypification of Actinidia. Nordic J. Bot. 25:294-295.
Padhan, A. et al. 2024. Potential and wild, underutilized Actinidia callosa and Actinidia strigosa from Northeast India for kiwifruit breeding. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 71:39–52. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-023-01765-8.
Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
Steward, A. N. 1958. Manual of vascular plants of the lower Yangtze valley.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Reference
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Anhui Sheng	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Fujian Sheng	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Gansu Sheng	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangdong Sheng	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guizhou Sheng	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Henan Sheng	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hubei Sheng	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hunan Sheng	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Jiangxi Sheng	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Shaanxi Sheng	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Sichuan Sheng	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Xizang Zizhiqu	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Yunnan Sheng	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Zhejiang Sheng	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Taiwan		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Bhutan		Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Arunachal Pradesh	Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Assam	Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Manipur	Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Meghalaya	Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Mizoram	Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Nagaland	Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Sikkim	Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Tripura	Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Uttar Pradesh	Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Nepal		Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Myanmar		Ferguson, A. R. & H. Huang. 2007. Genetic resources of kiwifruit: domestication and breeding. Hort. Rev. 33:1-121.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam		Cuong, N. M. et al. 2007. A taxonomic revision of Actinidiaceae of Vietnam. Blumea 52:209-243. Note: a new record for Vietnam of Actinidia callosa var. discolor
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Jawa	Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Sumatera	Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Malaysia		Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.

Native
Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Gansu Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Guizhou Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Xizang Zizhiqu, Yunnan Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng]
EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India [Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh], Nepal
INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Vietnam
MALESIA: Indonesia [Jawa, Sumatera], Malaysia

Reference(s)

Cuong, N. M. et al. 2007. A taxonomic revision of Actinidiaceae of Vietnam. Blumea 52:209-243. Note: a new record for Vietnam of Actinidia callosa var. discolor
Ferguson, A. R. & H. Huang. 2007. Genetic resources of kiwifruit: domestication and breeding. Hort. Rev. 33:1-121.
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Human food	fruit	locally used	Padhan, A. et al. 2024. Potential and wild, underutilized Actinidia callosa and Actinidia strigosa from Northeast India for kiwifruit breeding. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 71:39–52. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-023-01765-8.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=1390. Accessed 15 April 2026.