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Actinidia deliciosa (kiwifruit)
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Top of pageIdentity
Top of pagePreferred Scientific Name
- Actinidia deliciosa Liang et Ferguson, 1984
Preferred Common Name
- kiwifruit
Other Scientific Names
- Actinidia chinensis Planchon, 1847
- Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa Chevalier, 1941
- Actinidia chinensis var. hispida Liang, 1975
- Actinidia chinensis var. setosa Li, 1952
International Common Names
- English: kiwi
- French: kiwi; mus
Local Common Names
- China: mihoutao; yang tao
- New Zealand: chinese gooseberry
Taxonomic Tree
Top of page- Domain: Eukaryota
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Spermatophyta
- Subphylum: Angiospermae
- Class: Dicotyledonae
- Order: Ericales
- Family: Actinidiaceae
- Genus: Actinidia
- Species: Actinidia deliciosa
List of Pests
Top of pageMajor host of:
Armillaria mellea (armillaria root rot); Armillaria novae-zelandiae; Botryosphaeria dothidea (canker of almond); Botryotinia fuckeliana (grey mould-rot); Brevipalpus chilensis (Chilean false red mite); Diaporthe actinidiae (stem-end rot of kiwi fruit); Hemiberlesia lataniae (latania scale); Hemiberlesia rapax (greedy scale (USA)); Otiorhynchus salicicola; Phytophthora cinnamomi (Phytophthora dieback); Phytophthora citricola (black hop root rot); Phytophthora cryptogea (tomato foot rot); Phytophthora lateralis (Port-Orford-cedar root disease); Phytophthora medicaginis (Phytophthora root rot of lucerne); Phytophthora megasperma (root rot); Pratylenchus vulnus (walnut root lesion nematode); Proeulia chrysopteris; Pseudocercospora actinidiae (kiwifruit black spot); Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi (oleander knot); Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (bacterial canker of kiwifruit); Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae (bacterial canker or blast (stone and pome fruits)); Pseudomonas viridiflava (bacterial leaf blight of tomato); Scirtothrips dorsalis (chilli thrips); Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (cottony soft rot); Scolypopa australis (passionvine hopper)Minor host of:
Alternaria alternata (alternaria leaf spot); Anastrepha fraterculus (South American fruit fly); Aonidiella aurantii (red scale); Bactrocera tryoni (Queensland fruit fly); Cadophora luteo-olivacea; Cadophora malorum (fruit rot of apple); Candidatus Phytoplasma solani (Stolbur phytoplasma); Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly); Ceroplastes destructor (white wax scale); Diaporthe ambigua (canker: pear); Halyomorpha halys (brown marmorated stink bug); Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis (black tea thrips); Macrophomina phaseolina (charcoal rot of bean/tobacco); Meloidogyne arenaria (peanut root-knot nematode); Meloidogyne ethiopica (Root-knot nematode); Meloidogyne incognita (root-knot nematode); Penicillium digitatum (green mould); Phyllactinia guttata (powdery mildew of hardwood trees); Phytophthora citrophthora (brown rot of citrus fruit); Phytophthora palmivora (coconut budrot); Planotortrix octo; Proeulia auraria (Chilean fruit tree leaf folder)Associated with (not a host):
Helicotylenchus dihystera (common spiral nematode)Host of (source - data mining):
Botrytis cinerea (damping-off); Botrytis prunorum; Cephalosporium; Cladosporium; Colletotrichum acutatum (black spot of strawberry); Diaporthe australafricana; Fusarium; Glomerella cingulata (anthracnose); Haematonectria haematococca (dry rot of potato); Meloidogyne hapla (root knot nematode); Meloidogyne javanica (sugarcane eelworm); Pectobacterium carotovorum; Penicillium (penicillium ear rot); Penicillium expansum (blue mould of stored apple); Pestalosphaeria gubae; Phaeoacremonium aleophilum (Petri disease); Phaeoacremonium viticola; Phomopsis; Phomopsis longicolla (pod and stem blight); Phomopsis theicola; Phytophthora (foot rot); Pseudomonas syringae (bacterial blast); Pythium vexans (damping off); Stathmopoda auriferellaUses List
Top of pageHuman food and beverage
- Beverage base
- Fruits
Medicinal, pharmaceutical
- Traditional/folklore