The difference between Japanese evening cherry blossoms and Tokyo cherry blossoms

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1. Appearance difference

2. Differences in leaves

3. The difference between petals

Appearance: Japanese evening cherry blossoms are about 3-8 meters tall; Tokyo cherry blossoms can reach up to 16 meters, and the bark and branches of the two are different in color. Leaves: Japanese evening cherry blossoms are ovate-ovate or obovate-elliptic; Tokyo cherry blossoms are elliptical-ovate or obovate-shaped. Flowers: Japanese evening cherry blossoms are white or pink; Tokyo cherry blossoms are only pink.

1. Differences in appearance

Japanese evening cherry is a tree, about 3-8 meters high, with bark that is gray-black or gray-brown. Branchlets are white or light brown, hairless.

Tokyo Sakura Opposite The former is taller and can reach up to 16 meters. The bark is lavender brown and the twigs are green with sparse pubescence.

2. Differences in leaves< /h2>

The leaves of Japanese evening cherry are oval or obovate, about 5-9 cm long and 2.5-5 cm wide. The stipules are linear with serrated edges and fall early.

Tokyo cherry blossoms The leaves are oval or obovate in shape, wider than the former, about 5-12 cm long and 2.5-7 cm wide, and the stipules are lanceolate.

3. Petal differences< /h2>

Japanese evening cherry blossoms are umbel-shaped racemes, the petals are oval in shape, and the color is white or pink.

Tokyo Sakura is The corymb inflorescence has brownish-red bracts, obovate petals, and is only pink in color.

2. Differences in leaves

3. The difference between petals

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