| Scientific Name: | Actinidia deliciosa |
| Common Name: | fuzzy kiwi |
| Family Name: | Actinidiaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Vine - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 5 - 7m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Climbing |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Summer interest, Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Orbicular, Ovate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, White, Jun |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves usually rounded and large (blade to 15cm wide), margin sharply serrate, apex abruptly acuminate; florets greenish yellow or white, 1.2-2cm wide when fully open, 4-6 petals 7-9mm long, anthers black or dark purple. Winter ID: twining stems; branchlets lenticels absent when young, small and inconspicuous when old; pith white to brown. | |