What kind of fruit is kiwi? What are the medicinal values ​​of kiwi?

What kind of fruit does kiwi belong to? Many friends will ask this question. Please read the content prepared by the editor below. I hope you like it.

What type of fruit is kiwi?

In the hot summer, everyone will buy some fruits to supplement some vitamins and make up for the nutrients that their bodies lack; but have you ever eaten kiwi fruit? If you eat it often, then do you know what kind of fruit kiwi fruit belongs to? Do you know some basic knowledge about kiwi fruit? When you eat it, will you deliberately learn about it? I think that most people only pay attention to its taste when eating it, so many problems will be ignored. Here we will answer the relevant knowledge for you to increase your knowledge.

Kiwifruit belongs to the genus Actinidia in the family Actinidiaceae

It is an ancient plant and also a new vine fruit tree. The fruit is rich in nutrition, with a very high content of vitamin C. It can be used as both medicine and food, and has a unique flavor. Soon after it entered the fruit market, it attracted the attention of the world and was called "the new fruit" and "the king of fruits".

Kiwifruit can be eaten fresh or processed. Among them, Chinese kiwifruit and delicious kiwifruit are widely distributed, have large reserves in nature, and have the highest economic value. Their ripe fruits are soft and juicy, sweet and sour, delicious and fragrant, and contain a variety of amino acids, all of which are nutrients needed by the human body.

Kiwi fruit has high medicinal value

Chen Cangqi of the Tang Dynasty recorded in "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Kiwifruit is salty, warm and non-toxic. It can be used for medicinal purposes. It is mainly used to treat arthritis, paralysis, long-term white hair, hemorrhoids, etc. The skin can be used to make paper." Kou Zong of the Northern Song Dynasty wrote in "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Kiwifruit is very abundant in the southern mountains of Yongxing Army. Eating it can relieve the ripeness of the fruit. Eating too much can cause cold diarrhea. It is fully ripe in October, light green in color, and very sour when raw. The seeds are numerous and small, and their color is like mustard. The branches are weak, two or three feet high, and most of them grow on trees. Some survive by the road in shallow mountains, and most of them are eaten by kiwis in deep mountains." Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty wrote in "Compendium of Materia Medica": Kiwifruit "is shaped like a pear and its color is like a peach. Kiwis like to eat it, so it has many names. People in Fujian call it Yangtao." The fruit of kiwifruit "(smells) sour, sweet, cold, and non-toxic. (Main treatments) sudden thirst, relieves irritability and heat, suppresses Danshi, and treats stone stranguria."

Through the above introduction to some relevant knowledge about kiwi fruit, you should have a certain understanding! Are you deeply impressed by it? It has so many functions, so we should eat more to supplement its nutrition.