Actinidia chinensis

species of plant
APG IV Classification: DomainEukaryota • (unranked)Archaeplastida • RegnumPlantae • CladusAngiosperms • Claduseudicots • Claduscore eudicots • Cladussuperasterids • Cladusasterids • OrdoEricales • FamiliaActinidiaceae • GenusActinidia • Species: Actinidia chinensis Planch.

Often confused with Actinidia deliciosa. This species differs from A. deliciosa in its spherical fruits initially covered with soft hairs, becoming almost hairless at maturity. (A. deliciosa has ellipsoid fruits with stiff hairs that stays on the fruit to maturity.) A common cultivar is the "Golden kiwifruit" ‘Hort16A’.

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