Kiwi (Actinidia kolomikta)

Family: Actinidiaceae | Edibility: Choice Edible (4/5)

Bloom Color: Pink, White. Main Bloom Time: Early summer. Form: Irregular or sprawling, Upright or erect.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Berries, Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Sweet and agreeable. — Fruit - raw, cooked or dried for later use.; Sweet and agreeable.; It contains up to 5 times the vitamin C of blackcurrants.; The ovoid fruit is hairless and pale orange when fully ripe and is up to 25mm in diameter.

Habitat & North American Range

Coniferous woodlands and hedges in mountains throughout Japan. Mountain mixed forests in open places at elevations of 1600 - 2900 metres in China. (Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)