Actinidia arguta - Wikipedia
Actinidia arguta, the hardy kiwi or kiwiberry [1], is a perennial vine native to Japan, Korea, Northern China, and the Russian Far East. It produces a small kiwifruit without the hair-like fiber covering the outside, unlike most other species of the genus.
Kiwi | Description, Fruit, Nutrition, Species, & Facts | Britannica
Oct 21, 2024 · kiwi, (Actinidia deliciosa), woody vine and edible fruit of the family Actinidiaceae. The plant is native to mainland China and Taiwan and is also grown commercially in New Zealand and California. The fruit has a slightly acid taste and can be eaten raw or cooked. The juice is sometimes used as a meat tenderizer. Raw kiwis are high in vitamins ...
Kiwifruit - Wikipedia
Kiwi berries are edible fruits the size of a large grape, similar to fuzzy kiwifruit in taste and internal appearance but with a thin, smooth green skin. They are primarily produced by three species: Actinidia arguta (hardy kiwi), A. kolomikta (Arctic kiwifruit) and A. polygama (silver vine).
Bioactivity and nutritional properties of hardy kiwi fruit Actinidia ...
Apr 1, 2016 · The most popular species of Actinidia (A.) kiwi fruit are Actinidia deliciosa, Actinidia chinensis and Actinidia eriantha, but other species such as Actinidia arguta, Actinidia kolomikta and Actinidia purpurea can grow also in cooler regions due to their frost resistance (Chesoniene, Daubaras, & Viskelis, 2004).
Actinidia deliciosa (Kiwi fruit): A comprehensive review on the ...
May 2, 2021 · Kiwi fruit (Actinidia deliciosa) belongs to the family Actinidiaceae and genus Actinidia. It is one of the most commercialized fruits on the international front and is loaded with many nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals, and its parts are well recognized for their medicinal and therapeutic properties against diseases ...
Kiwifruit, Actinidia spp. – Wisconsin Horticulture
Fruit of Actinidia deliciosa. The kiwi is a flightless bird native to New Zealand, a name New Zealanders like to call themselves, and also a fruit – one of the very few temperate fruit crops to have been domesticated the twentieth century.
A cousin of this kiwi, though, the hardy kiwi (Actinidia arguta, Actinidia kolomikta), is much more cold hardy than the plant of the commercially available fruit. It is the subject of considerable interest in our region due to its lovely flavor, relatively smooth (and edible) skin, “out of hand” eating size (about the size of a large grape ...
Kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa)—Morphology, Taxonomy, …
Jun 16, 2021 · Kiwifruit is relatively a newer tropical fruit whose commercialization has started just 5 decades back (Ferguson & Bollard, 1990). The fruit from the trees of Actinidia deliciosa grows successfully in sub-temperate and tropical climate under warm and humid conditions at an elevation of 900–1800 m.
Characteristics and pro-health properties of mini kiwi (Actinidia ...
Feb 15, 2019 · Actinidia arguta (mini kiwi) is a variant of the fuzzy kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) commonly found in stores. The fruits of various kiwi varieties are valued for their strong antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.
The nutritional and health attributes of kiwifruit: a review
The kiwifruit of commercial cultivation are large-fruited selections of predominantly Actinidia deliciosa cv Hayward (green kiwifruit) and an increasing range of gold varieties of various Actinidia species. The Hayward cultivar is an oval-shaped berry with a dull brown hairy skin, however, one of its most attractive features is the strikingly ...