软枣猕猴桃(原变种) ruan zao mi hou tao (yuan bian zhong)

Trochostigma argutum Siebold & Zuccarini, Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 3(2): 727. 1843 ["arguta"]; Actinidia arguta var. cordifolia (Miquel) Bean; A. arguta var. curta Skvortsov; A. arguta var. dunnii H. Léveillé; A. arguta var. megalocarpa (Nakai) Kitagawa; A. arguta var. purpurea (Rehder) C. F. Liang; A. callosa Lindley var. arguta (Siebold & Zuccarini) Makino; A. chartacea Hu; A. cordifolia Miquel; A. megalocarpa Nakai; A. melanandra Franchet var. latifolia E. Pritzel; A. platyphylla A. Gray ex Miquel; A. purpurea Rehder; A. rufa (Siebold & Zuccarini) Planchon ex Miquel var. arguta (Siebold & Zuccarini) Dunn; A. rufa var. cordifolia (Miquel) Dunn.

Leaves membranous to papery, abaxially glabrous or very sparsely strigillose on midvein, especially on lower part of midvein.

Mountain forests, thickets, streamsides, moist places, also widely cultivated; 700-3600 m. Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Japan, Korea].