Abstract
Usually hardy kiwi fruit (Actinidia arguta) used in this study can be used for fruit tree and honey plants. We analyzed the flower morphological characteristics as well as the flowering characteristics of A. arguta selected from different province to investigate the species classification and the potential for using honey plants. In this study, we examined 11 flower morphological characteristics of 9 clones of A. arguta to investigate the taxonomic relationships. A. arguta has an edible smooth skin and contains high amounts of sugar and ascorbic acid. As results of principal component (PC) analysis using 11 variables from 9 clones, eigenvalue of the first principal component was 5.112 and the first three PCs was accountable for 79.23% of the total variance. From the cluster analysis using unweighted pair group method using arithmetic mean (UPGMA) method, we can assumed that these 9 clones could be clustered into two groups. Group I comprises 7 clones selected from Kangwon and Jeollabuk province. The other one, Group II consists of 2 clone, Chungcheongbuk and Jeollabuk province.
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