Where are the specialties of kiwifruit?

Kiwi is native to Wuduhe Town, Yiling District, Yichang City, Hubei Province.

Actinidia chinensis Planch, also known as kiwifruit (kiwifruit is an artificially cultivated variety of kiwifruit, which is synonymous with kiwifruit because of its wide use). China is the origin of kiwifruit, which was introduced to New Zealand in the early 20th century.

Kiwifruit is generally oval, with yellow-brown appearance at the initial stage and reddish-brown at maturity. The epidermis is covered with dense fluff and the pulp is edible. There is bright green flesh with a row of black or red seeds inside. Because macaques like to eat, they are named kiwifruit; It is also said that it is named because the skin is covered with hair and looks like a macaque. It is a fresh and tender fruit with rich nutrition and delicious taste.

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distribution range

Kiwifruit is born on the edge of forest or in thickets on hillside, and is cultivated in some gardens. There are 66 species of Actinidia, 62 of which are naturally distributed in China, and two species of Actinidia deliciosa and Actinidia chinensis are mainly cultivated in the world. Delicious kiwifruit skins are all fluff (such as Qin Mei, Xu Xiang, Hayward, etc. ), and China kiwifruit skin smooth (such as Hongyang, Huang Jinguo, etc. ). These two species are mainly distributed in the Yangtze River valley in central China, as well as the Qinling Mountains and its Hengduan Mountains to the south and east.

By the early 1970s, kiwifruit cultivation was still confined to New Zealand, and the planting area was not large. Since then, the unique flavor of kiwifruit has been recognized and welcomed by consumers, so kiwifruit has developed rapidly in the world. In addition to New Zealand, Chile, Italy, France, Japan and China are all major producers of kiwifruit.

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