Kiwifruit


Kiwi fruits

The kiwifruit, or just kiwi, was first known as “Chinese Gooseberry”. It got its new name from the kiwi bird, one of the national symbols of New Zealand.

The kiwi fruit is a fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with green flesh.

Names

Scientific
   Actinidia deliciosa
English
   Chinese gooseberry
   Kiwi
   Kiwifruit
   Vine pear
   Wood berry
Dutch
   Chinese kruisbes
   Kiwi
   Kiwi fruit
Spanish
   Actinidia
   Kiwi
French
   Kiwi
German
   Chinesische Stachelbeere
   Chinesischer Strahlengriffel
   Kiwi
Italian
   Kiwi

Taxonomy

Genus
   Actinidia
Family
   Actinidiaceae
Order
   Ericales

Basic information and facts

Origin:

China

Distribution:

Main production of kiwi fruits is in: Italy, New Zealand, Chile, France, Greece, Japan, Iran, United States, Canada and Cambodia.

Evergreen or deciduous:

Kiwi is a deciduous vine.

Flowers:

Individual kiwi plants are either male or female. Female plants bear fruits but only if the flowers were pollinated by a male plant.

Leaves:

Proverbs and Quotes

  • Why did the kiwifruit go out with the prune? Because it couldn’t get a date.
  • Someone once threw me a small, brown, hairy kiwi fruit, and I threw a wastebasket over it until it was dead. (Erma Bombeck)
  • I don’t go for the nouvelle approach-serving a rabbit rump with coffee extract sauce and a slice of kiwi fruit. (Jeff Smith)

Did you know that?

  • The kiwi (bird) is a national symbol of New Zealand, and the term Kiwi is used for New Zealanders.

Recipes

Who knows a tasty kiwi recipe?

Crop categories

Fruits
Food crops
Temperate crops

Pictures


Kiwi fruits


Kiwi fruits


Kiwi fruit - Photo by Justus Bluemer


Kiwi fruit - Photo by Justus Bluemer

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