Actinidiaceae
Kiwi
Actinidia chinensis
- Family
- Actinidiaceae
- Genus
- Actinidia
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Common names
By language (21)
- Arabic
- أقطينيدية, أكتينيديا, جنبة مشعة, كيوي
- Azerbaijani
- Çin aktinidiyası
- Cantonese
- 中華奇異果
- Chinese
- 中华猕猴桃, 中華獼猴桃, 中华猕猴桃（猕猴桃）, 猕猴桃, 羊桃, 羊桃藤, 阳桃
- crh
- Kiwiy
- Czech
- Aktinidie čínská
- Danish
- Almindelig kiwi
- English
- Kiwi, Chinese gooseberry, Kiwi fruit, Golden kiwi, Yellow kiwi
- Esperanto
- Ora kivo
- Estonian
- Hiina aktiniidia
- German
- Chinesischer Strahlengriffel
- Haitian Creole
- Pye kiwi
- hsb
- Chinski kiwijowc
- Italian
- Kiwi, Summer kiwi
- Japanese
- オニマタタビ
- Korean
- 골드키위
- Malayalam
- കിവിപ്പഴം
- Occitan
- Actinídia
- Persian
- کیوی چینی
- Polish
- Aktinidia chińska, Kiwi, Kiwi gold, Złote kiwi, Żółte kiwi
- Slovenian
- Kivi
Flowers
- In flower
- May, December (from 7 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FruitPhoto: Logan Lucas, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Jacqui Geux, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jon Sullivan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Chris Ecroyd, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C Fishtahler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wouterhagens at Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: User:Gerhard Elsner, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Katja Schulz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.