How to identify melons and chestnuts

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1. Leaves

2. Flowers

3. Fruit

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Leaves: The small leaves are oblong to obovate-oblong, with the middle one about 13-24 cm. It is about 4.5-8 cm wide and gradually becomes smaller on the outside. Flowers: solitary in leaf axils at the top of branches, light yellow-green, flowering period from May to November. Fruit: Capsule, nearly pear-shaped, nearly yellow-brown, woody.

1. Leaves

1. Leaves

The small leaves of melon and chestnut are 5-11, which are oblong to obovate-oblong. The apex is acuminate, the base is wedge-shaped, and there are no hairs on it. There are hairs on the back and petioles, and the small leaf in the middle is about 13-24 cm long. It is about 4.5-8 cm wide. The outer leaflets gradually become smaller, the back side is raised, and the leaf surface has fine veins.

2. Flowers

Flower list Born in the leaf axil of the top branch, the pedicel is relatively thick, the calyx is cup-shaped, the color of the petals is light yellow-green, narrowly lanceolate to linear, the upper part is recurved, the anthers are narrowly linear, and the style is dark red. The flowering period is from May to November.

3. Fruits

Melons and chestnuts It is a capsule, nearly pear-shaped, yellowish-brown in color, woody, with thick skin, hairless on the outside, and dense and long wool on the inside.

2. Flowers

3. Fruit

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