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Actinidia argutaRelease date:2021-12-09

Actinidia arguta (scientific name: Actinidia arguta (Sieb. & Zucc) Planch. ex Miq.) is a large deciduous vine plant of the Actinidia family and the genus Actinidia; the branchlets are basically hairless or scattered when young and thinly covered with soft hairs or hairs, leaf membranes Quality or paper, ovate, oblong, broad ovate to nearly round, apex sharply short and pointed, base round to shallow heart-shaped, back green, inflorescence axillary or extra-axillary, bracts linear, flower green white or Yellow-green, fragrant, sepals oval to oblong, petals wedge-shaped obovate or scoop-shaped obovate, filaments filiform, anthers black or dark purple, oblong arrow-shaped, fruit globose to cylindrical oblong, long 2 to 3 cm, green-yellow or purple-red when mature. The longitudinal diameter of the seed is about 2.5 mm.
This species is strongly differentiated and widely distributed. China is distributed from the northernmost Heilongjiang coast to the Wuling Mountains in Guangxi in the south. Born in mixed forests or mixed forests with sufficient moisture.
The fruit is used for medicinal purposes as a strengthening, antipyretic and astringent; it is also a food with high nutritional value. The fruit can be eaten raw, but also can be used to make jam, preserves, canned food, wine and so on. Flowers are a source of nectar, and aromatic oils can also be extracted. This species can be used as an ornamental tree species as well as a fruit tree.

The fruits of schisandra are picked in autumn when they are mature, dried or steamed and dried to remove the stalks and impurities. "Xinxiu Materia Medica" by Tang et al. contains "the five flavors of skin and flesh are sweet and sour, the core is hard, and all have salty taste", so it is named schisandra. Schisandra is divided into south and north. Ancient medical books said it was first listed in Shennong's Materia Medica High-grade Chinese Medicine. It has high medicinal value and has the effect of strengthening the body. It is used in combination with Qiongzhen Ganoderma to treat insomnia.

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