Where do kiwifruit come from?

Answer 1

Kiwifruit is native to central China.
People say that kiwi fruit comes from New Zealand, but its not. Kiwi fruit actually comes from China, and was actually called Chinese goose berry, but china decided to give the kiwifruit to New Zealand, which is now a traditional fruit to us New Zealanders.

Answer 2

Kiwi fruit originally came from Shaanxi, China where it is known as yáng táo

After being introduced to New Zealand were renamed as Chinese Gooseberries because people thought they tasted like gooseberries.

Because of the Cold War they were renamed as Kiwi Fruit

They are cultivated in many countries including the US, Chile, New Zealand, Chile, Portugal, Spain, India, China and Japan. However the biggest producer is Italy.

They are regarded as the national fruit of China.

Answer 3

Kiwifruit are vine fruit which are native to China, while other species are native to India, Japan and even southeastern Siberia.

Kiwifruit are grown as commercial crops in New Zealand, Chile, Italy, France and Greece, as well as the USA, along the coastal region of northern California extending up to the Southwest tip of British Columbia.

Answer 4

The kiwifruit was originally called a Chinese gooseberry, which was considered to be an unattractive name. In the 1960s a New Zealand grower came up with the idea of marketing them as "kiwifruit" to play off his nation's symbol, the kiwi bird. Despite the fruit having originated in China and being grown in a number of countries besides New Zealand, the name stuck.

Answer 5

Was not the kiwi originally the Chinese gooseberry? But when first brought to New Zealand where its growth flourished, it was then named after the New Zealand national symbol, the "kiwi bird".

Answer 6

somewhere/ The Kiwi fruit was a name given to the Chinese gooseberry that originally came from China. The plant brought to New Zealand was then cultivated, improved and grown on to the fruit that we know today as Kiwi Fruit as it resembles the flightless native bird in New Zealand called Kiwi

Answer 7

Chinese gooseberry

Answer 8

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