The difference between taro and taro

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1. Differences in leaves

2. The difference between flowers

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Leaf differences: The leaves of the taro are arrow-shaped or halberd-shaped, and the old leaves are palm-shaped leaves with 5 to 9 lobes; the leaves of the caladium are basal, shield-shaped, arrow-shaped, or heart-shaped, and the leaves are covered with Spots, pinkish green on back. Differences in flowers: the inflorescences of the Alocasia spathes are light green or yellow; the tubes of the Alocasia spathes are oval, 3 cm long, green on the outside and green and white on the inside.

1. Differences in leaves

1. Differences in leaves

The leaves of the taro are dimorphic. The young leaves are simple and arrow-shaped or halberd-shaped. The old leaves are palm-shaped leaves with 5 to 9 lobes. The growing leaves are light in color, and the old leaves are dark green in color and thick in texture.

The leaves of the caladium are basal, shield-shaped, arrow-shaped or heart-shaped, with smooth petioles, 15 to 25 cm long. The surface of the leaves is covered with transparent or opaque spots of various colors, the underside is pink-green, and the apex of the leaves is sharply narrow. , and has a cusp, and the posterior lobes are 1/2 of the front lobes, oblong and oval.  

2. Differences in flowers

The inflorescences of Alocasia spathes are light green or yellow.

Caladium The inflorescence stalk is as short as the petiole, about 10 to 13 cm long. The spathe tube is oval in shape, 3 cm long, green on the outside and greenish-white on the inside. The male flower inflorescence is spindle-shaped, 3 cm long, 7 mm thick in the middle, and gradually narrows toward both ends.

2. The difference between flowers

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