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Think Kiwi fruits originated in New Zealand? They are actually native to China.

Chinese nobility called them Yang Tao and prized them for their dazzling flavor and royal emerald color. The fuzzy fruit with the sweet green pulp ( Latin: Actinidia chinensis) was first brought to New Zealand in 1906.

A few years later a horticulturalist named Hayward Wright cultivated the commercial kiwi fruit that is now exported all over the globe. The fruit was originally marketed, with little success, under the name " Chinese Gooseberry." It was decided that for advertising purposes the fruit needed a more memorable name and so the name of New Zealand' s national bird was chosen - Kiwi.