Actinidia polygama
(Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim. · speciesAt a glance
Sources14 archives
Databases and archives Actinidia polygama's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation12 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 200 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI38 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics81 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Tree of SexTree of Sex Consortiumgenome & karyotype↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
A silver vine plant with the eponymous silver markings on its leaves Actinidia polygama (also known as ', silver vine, ', and cat powder) is a species of kiwifruit in the Actinidiaceae family. It grows in the mountainous areas of Korea, Japan and China at elevations between 500 and. Silver vine can reach up to 5 – high at maturity. It is a deciduous climber and tolerates temperatures down to -30 °C. The petiole leaves are silver and white in color and 6 – long and 4 – wide. These colorful markings make the plant identifiable from afar, until the flowering season when the leaves turn completely green. The flowering season lasts from late June to early July, in which the plant bears white flowers about 2.5 cm in diameter. The longevity of an individual flower is 2–3 days, when the plant also starts to develop small, yellow to yellow-red, egg-shaped, fleshy, and multiseeded fruits, which mature from September to October. The fruit is about 1.5 cm wide and 3 – long. The inside of the fruit resembles the common kiwifruit, but it is orange in color rather than green. The silver vine plant requires moist, well-drained soil, and partial shade to full sun. This fast-growing vine makes for good cover on a fence or trellis. It is becoming increasingly popular as an edible fruit crop.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology9
Life cycle & reproduction5
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment12
Physiology & chemistry1
Compounds documented for Actinidia polygama across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds99 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-Sophoranol | present | NPASS | |
| (+)-Ursolic Acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (1S,2R,4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,10S,11R,12aR,14bS)-10,11-dihydroxy-9,9-bis(hydroxymethyl)-1,2,6a,6b,12a-pentamethyl-2,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydro-1H-picene-4a-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (1S,2R,4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,9R,10S,11R,12aR,14bS)-11-hydroxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-10-[(E)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyl]oxy-1,2,6a,6b,9,12a-hexamethyl-2,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydro-1H-picene-4a-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (1S,2R,4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,9R,10S,11R,12aR,14bS)-9-formyl-10,11-dihydroxy-1,2,6a,6b,9,12a-hexamethyl-2,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydro-1H-picene-4a-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (1S,2R,4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,9S,10R,11R,12aR,14bS)-11-hydroxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-10-[(E)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyl]oxy-1,2,6a,6b,9,12a-hexamethyl-2,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydro-1H-picene-4a-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (1S,4R,5S)-1,4-dimethyl-8-methylidene-2-oxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane | present | LOTUS | |
| (1S,4S,5R,8R,9S,10S,11R,13S,14R,17S,18R,19S,20R)-10,11-dihydroxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-4,5,9,13,19,20-hexamethyl-24-oxahexacyclo[15.5.2.01,18.04,17.05,14.08,13]tetracos-15-en-23-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (2R,3S,4R,4aR,6aR,6bS,8aS,11R,12S,12aS,14aR,14bR)-2,3-dihydroxy-4-(hydroxymethyl)-6a,6b,11,12,14b-pentamethyl-2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydro-1H-picene-4,8a-dicarboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (2R,3S,4R,5R)-2,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxyhexanal | present | LOTUS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Actinidia polygama has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Actinidia polygama carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 588×GoaT · Tree of Sex Database · CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl +2
2n 1161×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
n 292×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · TreeOfSex · plant
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Record type3 200 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions62 of 118 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Beijing, CN | 193 |
| Yangling, CN | 119 |
| Odawara, JP | 111 |
| Shinshu Universitylocation not on record | 90 |
| Nagano City, JP | 89 |
| Sanda, JP | 74 |
| Toyama, JP | 72 |
| Bando, JP | 66 |
| Kochi, JP | 66 |
| KURAlocation not on record | 61 |
| KR | 56 |
| NSMKlocation not on record | 55 |
| Wuhan, CN | 53 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 52 |
| Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, JP | 51 |
| Tomioka, JP | 48 |
| Institute of Applied Ecology, Academia Sinicalocation not on record | 42 |
| Chengdu, CN | 40 |
| JP | 38 |
| Auckland, NZ | 38 |
| Paris, FR | 36 |
| Iwate Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 35 |
| Sendai, JP | 34 |
| Forestry and Forest Products Research Institutelocation not on record | 33 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 32 |
| KOMlocation not on record | 31 |
| Fukushima Universitylocation not on record | 29 |
| Osaka, JP | 28 |
| Otaru, JP | 28 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 26 |
| Lanzhou, CN | 26 |
| Universidad Católica de Santa Maríalocation not on record | 22 |
| Chengdu, CN | 20 |
| Guilin, CN | 20 |
| Ishikawa Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 19 |
| FFPRIlocation not on record | 18 |
| Herbarium of the Department of Botany, University of Tokyolocation not on record | 17 |
| Korea National Arboretumlocation not on record | 16 |
| Sugadaira Research Station, Mountain Science Center, University of Tsukubalocation not on record | 13 |
| Cambridge, US | 13 |
| WNNUlocation not on record | 12 |
| Tokushima, JP | 12 |
| Nishihara, JP | 11 |
| Nishihara, JP | 11 |
| Sagamihara, JP | 10 |
| Xian, CN | 10 |
| Chiba, JP | 10 |
| Xining, CN | 9 |
| Kyoto Universitylocation not on record | 8 |
| Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologialocation not on record | 8 |
| Toyota city nature sanctuarylocation not on record | 7 |
| Southwest Forestry Collegelocation not on record | 7 |
| Obihiro Centennial City Museumlocation not on record | 7 |
| Changsha, CN | 7 |
| Omachi Alpine Museumlocation not on record | 6 |
| Shanghai, CN | 6 |
| Taipei, TW | 6 |
| Seoul, KR | 6 |
| Xian, CN | 5 |
| Zhengzhou, CN | 5 |
| Akita Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 5 |
| Anhui Normal Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Burlington, US | 4 |
| Fort Worth, US | 4 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 3 |
| Zhuzhou, CN | 3 |
| DMZ botanic gardenlocation not on record | 3 |
| Institute for Agricultural Bacteriology and Fermentation Biologylocation not on record | 3 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 3 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 3 |
| Saint Louis, US | 3 |
| Kunming, CN | 3 |
| KIRMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Xiamen, CN | 2 |
| “Manash Kozybayev North Kazakhstan University" NPLClocation not on record | 2 |
| J. Rusek Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Philadelphia, US | 2 |
| LDlocation not on record | 2 |
| DNSMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 2 |
| SIHUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Yunnan Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Wuhan, CN | 2 |
| Beijing, CN | 2 |
| Nanjing, CN | 2 |
| Central China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Museum Of Natural And Environmental History, Shizuokalocation not on record | 2 |
| Gifu prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Parthenon Tama History Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 2 |
| SCAUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Zhejiang Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| SJNAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 2 |
| Hangzhou, CN | 2 |
| Hobart, AU | 1 |
| Tianjin Natural History Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Guiyang, CN | 1 |
| htclocation not on record | 1 |
| Wlocation not on record | 1 |
| Angwin, US | 1 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESP-FCAlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 1 |
| Awka, NG | 1 |
| Sapporo, JP | 1 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 1 |
| Claremont, US | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Chengdu, CN | 1 |
| Kew, GB | 1 |
| Bothell, US | 1 |
| ENTClocation not on record | 1 |
| The Cattle Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| CASlocation not on record | 1 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Actinidia polygama was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.