Abelmoschus esculentus (L - the University of Maine at Fort Kent

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REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, PFAF n.d.
Actinidia chinensis Planchon
FAMILY: Actinidiaceae (Chinese gooseberry or kiwifruit)
ENGLISH: Chinese gooseberry, kiwi, kiwifruit
PORTUGUESE: groselha-chinesa, kiwi
SPANISH: kiwí
USES/NOTES: Green, sweetish/tart pulp of the ovoid, brown fruit
(botanically a berry), rich in vitamin C and other nutrients, is
eaten out of hand or in fruit salads and is used in fruit juice
blends or made into a quality wine. Leaves have been eaten as an
emergency food. Though from China’s Yangtze Valley, the common
name in English, kiwifruit (or kiwi for short), came from New
Zealand producers in the 1950s, who were looking for a more
marketable name. Once considered synonymous with A. delisiosa, A.
chinensis is botanically very similar to its more widely marketed
relative, but has less hairy and generally smaller fruits.
NATURAL RANGE: Temperate China
REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Ferguson 1999, Morton 1987a,
Nihoul 1976
Actinidia deliciosa (A. Chev.) C.F. Liang & A.R. Ferguson [a
horticultural species derived possibly from A. chinensis]
FAMILY: Actinidiaceae (Chinese gooseberry or kiwifruit)
ENGLISH: Chinese gooseberry, kiwi, kiwifruit, kiwi vine
PORTUGUESE: groselha-chinesa, kiwi
SPANISH: kiwí
USES/NOTES: Green, sweetish/tart pulp of the ovoid, brown, fuzzy
fruit (botanically a berry), rich in vitamin C and other
nutrients, is eaten out of hand or in fruit salads and is used in
fruit juice blends or made into a quality wine. Though from
China’s Yangtze Valley, the common name in English, kiwifruit (or
kiwi for short), came from New Zealand producers in the 1950s,
who were looking for a more marketable name. One of the few
plants domesticated in the 20 th century, A. delisiosa is the
principle kiwifruit cultivated and marketed outside of China.
NATURAL RANGE: Yangtze Valley of northern China and the Zhejiang
Province of eastern coastal China
REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Ferguson 1999, Guia Rural n.d.,
Morton 1987a, Nihoul 1976, Rehm and Espig 1991, Uphof 1968,
Vietmeyer 1987
Actinidia kolomikta (Maxim. & Rupr.) Maxim.
FAMILY: Actinidiaceae (Chinese gooseberry or kiwifruit)
ENGLISH: Arctic beauty kiwi, hardy kiwi, kolomikta, Manchurian
gooseberry
USES/NOTES: Small fruits and leaves of this cold-hardy vine are
edible. Very rarely seen in the Americas.
NATURAL RANGE: China and Japan
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