What is Kiwifruit?
{{redirect|Kiwi}} {{Taxobox | name = Kiwi | status = | image = Kiwi (Actinidia chinensis) 1 Luc Viatour.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Kiwifruit (cv Hayward), shown whole and in section | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Ericales]] | familia = [[Actinidiaceae]] | genus = ''[[Actinidia]]'' | species = '''''A. deliciosa''''' | binomial = ''Actinidia deliciosa'' | binomial_authority = C.F.Liang.& A.R.Ferguson. }} '''Kiwifruit''' (''Actinidia deliciosa'') is a [[fruit]]. It has an oval shape. It is green on the inside with small black [[seed]]s that can be eaten. The kiwi has thin, fuzzy brown [[skin]] that is edible, but is usually removed. It natively grows in South [[China]]. The fruit was named in [[1959]] after the [[kiwi]], a bird and the symbol of [[New Zealand]]. Before that, its [[English language|English]] name was '''Chinese gooseberry'''. The kiwifruit is [[healthy]] and contains many [[vitamin]]s and [[dietary mineral|minerals]]. Kiwis are rich in [[vitamin C]], [[vitamin K]], [[potassium]], and [[Dietary fiber|fiber]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Nutrition Facts for Kiwi fruit, (chinese gooseberries), fresh, raw, one NLEA serving, 177 g |publisher=Nutritiondata.com |url=http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/fruits-and-fruit-juices/1934/2 |accessdate=February 22, 2016}}</ref> Kiwis have more vitamin C than an equivalent amount of [[Orange (fruit)|orange]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Nutrition Facts for Oranges, raw, all commercial varieties, one NLEA serving, 180 g |publisher=Nutritiondata.com |url=http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/fruits-and-fruit-juices/1966/2 |accessdate=February 22, 2016}}</ref> There are different types of kiwifruit. The main types are Hayward (the most common green kiwifruit), chico, Saanichton 12, and golden kiwifruit. Golden kiwifruit are sweeter than normal green kiwifruit. Golden kiwifruit was invented by [[grafting]] and [[pollination|cross-pollinating]] different types of kiwifruit.