The difference between Xianggui and Tianzhugui

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1. Differences in leaves

2. The difference between flowers

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Leaves: Cinnamon leaves are oblong or lanceolate. The surface is initially hairy and then falls off to hairless, and the back is hairy. Tianzhugui is oval-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, hairless on both sides. Flowers: Cinnamon panicles are axillary or borne on current-year branchlets, hairy. The Tianzhu sweet-scented osmanthus flowers are all axillary and hairless.

1. Differences in leaves

1. Differences in leaves

Cinnamon leaves are opposite or alternate, oblong or lanceolate, about 5.5-11 cm long and 1.5-3 cm wide, with a dark green surface. It is rich in luster. The leaf veins are hairy in the early stage and then fall off to be almost hairless. The back side is pink-green with pubescence.

Tianzhu Gui is nearly opposite Or the ones on the upper part of the branches are alternate, oval-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, about 7-10 cm long, 3-3.5 cm wide, green above, gray-green below, with no color on both sides. hair.

2. The difference between flowers

Fragrant cinnamon is a panicle inflorescence that grows on the underside of the branchlets of the current year or in the axilla. It has gray-yellow or light yellow pubescence. The lobes are oblong, the ovary is oval, and the stigma is enlarged.

Tianzhu Osmanthus panicle capital It is axillary and hairless, with 3-5 flowers at the end of the pedicel as a cyme. The perianth lobes are oval, the ovary is oval, and the stigma is disc-shaped.

2. The difference between flowers

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