Food: Kiwi Fruit [edit]

Other Names:Kiwi, Kiwis, Chinese Gooseberries, Yang Tao, 猕猴桃 (Chinese), キウイフルーツ (Japanese), فاكهة الكيوي (Arabic), Киви (Russian),... All Translations

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The kiwifruit, often shortened to kiwi in some parts of the world, is the edible berry of a cultivar group of the woody vine ''Actinidia deliciosa'' and hybrids between this and other species in the genus ''Actinidia''. The Actinidia is native to South of China. The most common cultivars of kiwifruit are oval, about the size of a large hen's egg (5–8 cm / 2–3 in long and 4.5–5.5 cm / 1¾–2 in diameter). It has a fibrous, dull brown-green skin and bright green or golden flesh with rows of tiny, black, edible seeds. The fruit has a soft texture and a unique flavour, and today is a commercial crop in several countries, mainly in Italy, China, and New Zealand. Also known as the Chinese gooseberry, the fruit was renamed for export marketing reasons in the 1950s; briefly to ''melonette'', and then by New Zealand exporters to ''kiwifruit''. This latter name comes from the kiwi — a flightless bird and New Zealand's national symbol, and also a colloquial name for the New Zealand people.

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[edit] About Kiwi Fruit

Slightly fuzzy brown skinned, bright green fleshed fruit with a sweet and sour flavor. The entire fruit is edible, though most people prefer not to eat the skin. The small black seeds have a nice bit of crunch. Kiwis get softer and sweeter as they ripen. Native to New Zealand, they are now grown in many parts of the world and are available year round.

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