Wild kiwifruit

Wild kiwifruit

　　Foping wild kiwifruit is a specialty of Foping County, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province. Foping wild kiwifruit is widely distributed, with uniquely flavored fruits that are rich in nutrients and serve both dietary and medicinal purposes.

　　The Daguping Protection Station of the national nature reserve in Foping County is located in Daguping Village, Yeba Township, Foping County, Shaanxi Province. The wild kiwifruit is produced in the heart of the Foping National Nature Reserve, deep within the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi. Its fruit is tender, juicy, fragrant, delicious, and pleasantly sweet and sour, with extremely high nutritional value. It contains up to 100–420 mg of vitamin C per 100 grams—several times or even dozens of times higher than that of citrus fruits and apples—and also has large amounts of sugars, proteins, amino acids, and other organic compounds, as well as various essential minerals. According to tests conducted by the Food Research Center at Rutgers University in the United States, kiwifruit is the most nutritionally rich and comprehensive fruit among all fruits.

　　Daguping Village in Yeba Township, Foping County, is surrounded by mountains and water, with soil and altitude conditions ideal for the cultivation of wild kiwifruit—a pure, natural green food. It is an optimal growing area for such produce. Pure, natural green wild kiwifruit is mainly distributed across several mountain peaks around Daguping Village, covering a wide area, with large quantities and excellent quality, ensuring sufficient supply for the market.

　　Also known as: kiwifruit, soft-haired kiwifruit, vine pear, yangtao, monkey pear, kiwi, Chinese gooseberry, Chinese currant, Chinese monkey pear.

　　Scientific name: Actinidia

　　chinensis

　　Planch. It belongs to the family Actinidiaceae.

　　Foping wild kiwifruit is widely distributed, with uniquely flavored fruits that are rich in nutrients and serve both dietary and medicinal purposes.