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Kiwi fruit is originally from China, its a Gooseberry. The name kiwi fruit seem to have come from US servicemen stationed in NZ and Australia during WW2 simila
by dogma1138 5y ago
Kiwi fruit is originally from China, its a Gooseberry.
The name kiwi fruit seem to have come from US servicemen stationed in NZ and Australia during WW2 similarly to how Americano became a name for a coffee drink which is just a diluted espresso since the Americans stationed in Italy were used to weaker coffee and found espresso too strong.
- chris1993 5y agoIt was named 'chinese gooseberry' until Hort NZ rebranded it but they are unrelated botanically (European gooseberry is Ribes uva-crispa, Kiwifruit is Actinidia deliciosa).