The Difference Between Mountain Tongue Root and Honeysuckle

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1. Differences in leaves

2. The difference between flowers

Leaf differences: The leaves of Beanroot are thick papery, oval, and the apex of the leaves is short acuminate or obtuse; the leaves of honeysuckle are papery, oval or oblong-ovate. Differences in flowers: Aphrodisiac racemes, with white corolla and oblong petals; honeysuckle pedicels are born in the leaf axils, with white corolla and eventually turn yellow.

1. Differences in leaves

The leaves of Shantuogen only have 3 leaflets. The petioles are 4 to 4.5 cm long and have short hairs. The leaflets are thick papery, oval, 8 to 9.5 cm long. cm, 3 to 5 cm wide, the apex of the leaves is short acuminate or obtuse, and the base is broadly wedge-shaped.

The leaves of honeysuckle are papery, oval or oblong-ovate, with a sharp or gradually tapering top, and a round or nearly heart-shaped base.

二, Flower Differences

The racemes are 6 to 10.5 cm long, the total pedicels are 3 to 3.5 cm long, and the pedicels are 0.5 to 0.7 cm long. They are all pubescent, the calyx is cup-shaped, and the lobes are Blunt triangular shape, white corolla, oblong flag petals.

The total pedicel of honeysuckle is usually solitary in the upper leaf axils of small branches. The corolla is white, sometimes the base is reddish on the sunny side, and eventually it gradually turns yellow.

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