Actinidia chinensis. , alias Li Mao, Maotao, Maotao, Macaca mulatta, Mulongguo, Mu Zi, Goat Peach, Rope Pear, Rattan Pear and Carambola, are unique vine fruit varieties in China. It is named (Compendium of Materia Medica of Li Shizhen) because it is covered with micro hairs and looks like a peach, which is liked by macaques. Kiwi has three major producing areas in China: First, Funiu Mountain and Dabie Mountain in Tongbai Mountain; The second is the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi; The third is the western part of Hunan Province.

Among the existing ancient documents in China, Youyang Miscellanies written in the Tang Dynasty in the ninth century recorded kiwifruit earlier, saying that it was also called Monkey Saozi, and its fruit (fruit) was like a chicken egg, sweet and cool in taste and light in quality. 1 1 At the end of the century, Tang Shenwei in the Song Dynasty recorded in his Historical Materials of Preparedness for Emergency Materia Medica that kiwifruit was a vine pear, a Mu Zi pear and a macaque pear, which was born in a valley, bearing fruit on vines and hairy leaves. Its fruit is as big as a duck egg, its skin is brown, and it is sweet and edible after frost. Branches and leaves kill insects. 1 1 16, Yi Yan of Materia Medica, written by Kouzong in Song Dynasty: "(Kiwi) ... its branches are weak, two or three feet high, and there are many attached trees. Its son (fruit) is ripe in October, light green in color and extremely sour in life. The seed (the seed in the fruit) is very good. Its color is like mustard seed. There are survivors in shallow mountain roads, and monkeys in deep mountains eat the most. " /kloc-In the 6th century, Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica in the Ming Dynasty summarized the previous records, indicating that kiwifruit is famous because "macaques love to eat".