Table 2.

Dimensional variation of leaves, flowers, and fruit among Actinidia arguta var. arguta, A. arguta var. giraldii, and A. melanandra.

Taxon (ploidy levels)	Fruit				Flower	Leaf
	Length (mm)	Greater diameter (mm)	Lesser diameter (mm)	Weight (g)	Diameter	Length (mm)	Width (mm)	Petiole length
A. arguta var. arguta (4x)	27.44 ± 6.35a	18.68 ± 2.51b	17.09 ± 1.82b	4.85 ± 1.63b	19.30 ± 1.8a	97.17 ± 13.45b	56.22 ± 11.00b	44.74 ± 9.69b
A. arguta var. giraldii (8x and 10x)	29.49 ± 6.24a	13.64 ± 1.99a	13.26 ± 1.57a	2.92 ± 1.27a	20.00 ± 1.2a	110.07 ± 13.67c	68.85 ± 15.17c	52.91 ± 12.80c
A. melanandra (4x)	29.07 ± 4.00a	21.36 ± 3.10c	19.66 ± 2.831c	6.71 ± 1.52c	19.23 ± 1.6a	88.67 ± 14.35a	44.24 ± 9.65a	38.41 ± 11.21a
P value	0.230ns	0***	0***	0***	0.113ns	0***	0***	0***

Values are given as the mean ± s.d. Values in rows marked with different letters are significantly different at p ≤ 0.05. (

^***P < 0.001; ns, not significant).