Table 2. C/N, C/P and N/P ratios of the various components on a mass basis.

Items	Components	Genders		p-value
		Males	Hermaphrodites
C/N	Fruits	—	33.41 ± 2.13	—
	Leaves	47.17 ± 0.21	27.83 ± 0.30	***
	Current-year Shoot	44.51 ± 0.45	22.70 ± 0.48	***
	Branches	82.83 ± 0.82	65.73 ± 0.64	**
	Coarse roots	30.83 ± 0.39	28.58 ± 0.33	n.s.
C/P	Fruits	—	245.20 ± 14.44	—
	Leaves	603.83 ± 17.03	875.33 ± 25.90	***
	Current-year Shoot	223.55 ± 4.38	141.18 ± 4.39	***
	Branches	335.27 ± 7.60	496.00 ± 10.75	**
	Coarse roots	776.25 ± 32.89	882.29 ± 38.78	n.s.
N/P	Fruits	—	10.78 ± 0.83	–
	Leaves	12.96 ± 0.36	32.01 ± 0.90	***
	Current-year Shoot	5.15 ± 0.08	6.87 ± 0.29	n.s.
	Branches	4.29 ± 0.11	8.01 ± 0.20	**
	Coarse roots	22.57 ± 0.81	29.98 ± 1.22	n.s.

Results show means ± SE; **significant at 0.01 level; ***significant at 0.001 level; n.s., not significant.