Actinidia kolomikta

Actinidia kolomikta, the kolomikta,[2] miyamatatabi,[3] super-hardy kiwi,[4] or variegated-leaf hardy kiwi,[5] is a species of flowering plant in the Chinese Gooseberry family (Actinidiaceae), native to temperate mixed forests of the Russian Far East, Korea, Japan and China (Eastern Asiatic Region).

Its most curious feature is the apparently random patches of pink variegation on the leaves of most plants of this species.

[9] Actinidia kolomikta is cultivated in cold temperate regions as an ornamental plant, largely for the striking random variegation in pink and white of some its leaves but also because of the relatively small (2-5 g or 0.07- 0.18 ounces) kiwifruit-like berries it produces.

An early propagator in Boston found all his pots of the newly introduced plant bitten to stubs in his greenhouse, before his cat was discovered to be the culprit.

[10] Kolomikta is a vernacular name from Amur in eastern Russia, and is probably in reference to the multifarious color of the leaves.