Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa

Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa
Kiwifruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Actinidiaceae
Genus: Actinidia
Species:
Variety:
A. c. var. deliciosa
Trinomial name
Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa
(A.Chev.) A.Chev.
Synonyms
Synonymy
  • Actinidia chinensis f. chlorocarpa C.F.Liang
  • Actinidia chinensis f. longipila C.F.Liang & R.Z.Wang
  • Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa (A.Chev.) A.Chev.
  • Actinidia chinensis var. hispida C.F. Liang f. longipila C.F. Liang & R.Z. Wang ex C.F.
  • Actinidia deliciosa (A.Chev.) C.F.Liang & A.R.Ferguson
  • Actinidia deliciosa var. chlorocarpa (C. F. Liang) C. F. Liang & A. R. Ferguson
  • Actinidia deliciosa var. coloris T.H.Lin & X.Y.Xiong
  • Actinidia deliciosa var. longipila (C. F. Liang & R. Z. Wang) C. F. Liang & A. R. Ferguson
  • Actinidia latifolia var. deliciosa A.Chev.

Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa, also known as Actinidia deliciosa, green kiwifruit or the fuzzy kiwifruit, is a fruiting vine native to central Southern China, growing naturally at altitudes between 800 and 1,400 metres (2,600 and 4,600 ft). The vine was the first commercially available cultivated variety of kiwifruit, and is the source of many of the green varieties of kiwifruit, including the most popular cultivar globally, Hayward, as well as the Chinese cultivars Qinmei, Guichang and Miliang No. 1.