What does it look like?
Kiwifruit is a vigorous vine that is cultivated for its fruit. The entire plant is hairy. The leaves are oval, about 14cm across and have finely toothed margins. The leaf stem is reddish in colour. During October through to December kiwifruit produces white flowers that are up to about 6 cm across. They are followed by edible fruits that are brown, hairy, oval and up to 8cm long. They have green flesh and numerous black seeds. Wild kiwifruit vines can grow more than 20 m high into the forest canopy.
▲golden kiwifruit
它看起来像什么？
猕猴桃是一种生命力旺盛的藤蔓植物，因其果实而被种植。整株植物都有毛。叶子呈椭圆形，直径约14厘米，边缘有细齿。叶柄呈淡红色。从十月到十二月，猕猴桃会开出直径约6厘米的白色花朵。其次是可食用的棕色、多毛、椭圆形、长达8厘米的水果。它们有绿色的肉和许多黑色的种子。野生猕猴桃藤蔓可以长到森林树冠20多米高。
Why is it a problem?
Wilding kiwifruit can grow in a wide variety of habitats including scrub, gullies, young and old stands of native bush and pine plantations. Seedlings appear to be moderately shade tolerant and can establish in tree fall gaps within mature forest. It is also tolerant of a reasonably wide temperature range, although young shoots are frost sensitive.
▲Golden kiwi growing zone
为什么会有问题？
野生猕猴桃可以在各种各样的栖息地生长，包括灌木丛、沟壑、原生灌木和松树种植园的新旧林分。幼苗似乎具有适度的耐荫性，可以在成熟森林中的树木落差中生长。它也能耐受相当宽的温度范围，尽管幼芽对霜冻敏感。
▲helping growers achieve their ultimate pollination
Wilding kiwifruit grow rapidly so they can out compete native seedlings and pine seedlings and form dense, heavy blankets of growth. The smothered plants beneath the kiwifruit vines are shaded and may break under the weight of the vines. Kiwifruit plants are also very long lived.
野生猕猴桃生长迅速，因此它们可以胜过当地的幼苗和松树幼苗，形成茂密、厚重的生长毯。猕猴桃藤下的窒息植物被遮荫，可能会在藤蔓的重量下折断。猕猴桃植物的寿命也很长。
▲golden kiwifruit
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