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Kiwifruit (often shortened to kiwi outside New Zealand and Australia) or Chinese gooseberry, or yangtao, is the edible berry of several species of woody vines in the genus Actinidia. [2] [3] The most common cultivar group of kiwifruit ( Actinidia deliciosa 'Hayward') [4] is oval, about the size of a large hen's egg : 5–8 centimetres (2–3 ...
People who tasted the fruit thought it had a gooseberry flavour, so began to call it the Chinese gooseberry, but being from the genus Actinidia, it is not related to the gooseberry family, Grossulariaceae. The familiar cultivar Actinidia deliciosa 'Hayward' was developed by Hayward Wright in Avondale, New Zealand, around 1924. This is the most ...
Gooseberry ( / ˈɡuːsbɛri / GOOSS-berr-ee or / ˈɡuːzbɛri / GOOZ-berr-ee (American and northern British) or / ˈɡʊzbəri / GUUZ-bər-ee (southern British)) [1] is a common name for many species of Ribes (which also includes currants ), as well as a large number of plants of similar appearance. The berries of those in the genus Ribes ...
Actinidia rufa is a species of flowering plant in the Chinese gooseberry family Actinidiaceae, native to Taiwan, some of the southwestern South Korean islands, the Ryukyu Islands, and southern and south-central Japan. A large climbing shrub, it is found in mountain forests at elevations from 1,000 to 2,000 m (3,300 to 6,600 ft).
Ribes sericeum, Lucia gooseberry, native to California. Ribes speciosum, fuchsia-flowered gooseberry, native to California. Ribes thacherianum, Santa Cruz gooseberry, native to Santa Cruz Island, California. Ribes tularense, Sequoia gooseberry, native to California. Ribes velutinum, desert gooseberry, native to western North America.
Actinidia eriantha is a species of flowering plant in the Chinese gooseberry family Actinidiaceae, native to southern China. A large climbing shrub, it is found in low mountain forests and grassy thickets at elevations from 200 to 1,000 m (700 to 3,300 ft). It fruits in November, which has precluded its development as a commercial crop.
Physalis peruviana is a species of plant in the nightshade family ( Solanaceae) native to Chile and Peru. [2] Within that region, it is called aguaymanto, uvilla or uchuva, in addition to numerous indigenous and regional names. In English, its common names include Cape gooseberry, goldenberry and Peruvian groundcherry.
Actinidia. Species: A. arguta. Binomial name. Actinidia arguta. ( Siebold & Zucc.) Planch. ex Miq. Actinidia arguta, the hardy kiwi, 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.
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