The difference between goose palm tree and money tree

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1. Differences in leaves

2. The difference between flowers

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Leaf differences: The leaves of Schefflera are papery or leathery and oval; the leaves of Pachira are oblong and have entire edges. Differences in flowers: Goosefoot tree has conical inflorescences at the terminal, with white flowers, and 5 to 6 petals; Money tree flowers are solitary in the leaf axils at the top of the branches, and the petals are light yellow-green, narrowly lanceolate or linear.

1. Differences in leaves

1. Differences in leaves

The leaves of Goosefoot have 6 to 9 leaflets, the petioles are 15 to 30 cm long, the leaflets are papery or leathery, and the leaves are oval or obovate in shape. It is an oval or oblong shape, about 9 to 17 cm long and 3 to 5 cm wide. The apex of the leaves is sharp or gradually sharp, the base is gradually narrow, wedge-shaped or blunt, and the edges of the leaves are entire.

Little money tree The leaves have 5 to 11 leaves. The leaves have short stalks or are nearly sessile. The leaves are oblong or obovate in shape. The apex gradually becomes pointed. The leaves are entire and hairless on the top. The back of the leaves and the petioles are rusty. Star-shaped hairs, the central leaflet is 13 to 24 cm long and 4.5 to 8 cm wide, and the outer leaflets gradually become smaller.

2. Flower differences

Schefflera paniculata is terminal, 20 to 30 cm long, with several to dozens of umbels arranged in a raceme shape, with 10 to 15 flowers in the umbel. Flowers are white, with 5 to 6 petals.

Money tree flowers It grows solitary in the leaf axils at the top of branches. The pedicel is thick and 2 cm long. The calyx is cup-shaped and nearly leathery. The petals are light yellow-green, narrowly lanceolate or linear, 15 cm long, and the upper part is recurved.

2. The difference between flowers

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