Kiwi fruit - Photo by Justus Bluemer
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
Order
Ericales
Family
Actinidiaceae
Genus
Actinidia
Species
Actinidia deliciosa (Kiwifruit)
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
Cool temperate crops
Fruits
Minor crops
Temperate crops
Pictures
Kiwi fruit - Photo by Justus Bluemer
Kiwi fruits
Kiwi fruits