Clematoclethra

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Clematoclethra' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/clematoclethra/). Accessed 2024-03-28.

Family

  • Actinidiaceae

Species in genus

Glossary

style
Generally an elongated structure arising from the ovary bearing the stigma at its tip.

Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Clematoclethra' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/clematoclethra/). Accessed 2024-03-28.

A genus of deciduous climbers closely related to Actinidia, but differing in the flower having ten stamens and one style, whereas in Actinidia both stamens and styles are numerous; the pith, too, of Actinidia is sometimes lamellate but always continuous in Clematoclethra. About twenty-five species have been recognised acros Asia, but all are now considered to be variants of C. scandens (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew 2023) [edited October 2023, JMG]. Wilson found eight of them in China. They are easily cultivated in free, loamy soil, but the introduced species are rather tender and need the shelter of a wall. Easily propagated by late summer cuttings in gentle bottom heat.