Actinidia chinensis

Actinidia chinensis
Fruit
Foliage
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Actinidiaceae
Genus: Actinidia
Species:
A. chinensis
Binomial name
Actinidia chinensis
A sliced golden kiwifruit

Actinidia chinensis (Planch.),[1] known commercially as the golden kiwifruit, is a fruiting vine, native to China. It is one of some 40 related species of the genus Actinidia, and closely related to Actinidia deliciosa,[2] which is the source of the most common commercial kiwifruit.[2][3] Fruit colour may vary from green to lime green or gold, depending on breeding.[2]

  1. ^ "Actinidia chinensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2007-10-13.
  2. ^ a b c Ferguson, AR (1999). "New Temperate Fruits: Actinidia chinensis and Actinidia deliciosa; In: Perspectives on new crops and new uses, J. Janick (ed.)". Alexandria, Virginia: ASHS Press; Purdue University. pp. 342–347.
  3. ^ "Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa (A. Chev.)". Kew Science, Plants of the World Online, Kew Gardens. 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.

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