Actinidia deliciosa, the fuzzy kiwifruit, is a fruiting vine native to Southern China.

Actinidia deliciosa is a vigorous, woody, twining vine or climbing shrub reaching 9 metres (30 ft).

[2] Its leaves are alternate, long-petioled, deciduous, oval to nearly circular, cordate at the base, and 7.5–12.5 cm (3–5 in) long.

[1] The flowers are fragrant, dioecious or unisexual, borne singly or in threes in the leaf axils, are five- to six-petalled, white at first, changing to buff-yellow, 2.5–5 cm (1–2 in) broad, and both sexes have central tufts of many stamens, though those of the female flowers with no viable pollen.

The color of the flesh is bright green, or sometimes yellow, brownish, or off-white, except for the white, succulent center from which radiates many fine, pale lines.

The familiar cultivar Actinidia deliciosa 'Hayward' was developed by Hayward Wright in Avondale, New Zealand, around 1924.

In 2006 Italy was the leading producer of kiwifruit in the world, followed by New Zealand, Chile, France, Greece, Japan, and the United States.

[citation needed] In China, it is grown mainly in the mountainous area upstream of the Yangtze River.

In 2010 and 2011, kiwifruit vines worldwide, in Italy, France, and New Zealand, suffered devastating attacks by a bacterial disease caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv.