The difference between coriander and centella asiatica

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1. Differences in leaves

2. The difference between flowers

Leaf differences: Coriander leaves are membranous or herbaceous, round or kidney-shaped, with broad obovate lobes; Centella asiatica leaves are membranous to herbaceous, round or kidney-shaped, with blunt serrated edges. . Flower differences: coriander umbels, petals are oval, green and white; centella asiatica umbels, membranous petals, oval, purple-red or milky white in color.

1. Differences in leaves

The leaves of coriander are membranous or herbaceous, round or kidney-shaped, 0.5 to 1.5 cm long, 0.8 to 2.5 cm wide, and the base of the leaves is heart-shaped. , the leaves are undivided or have 5 to 7 lobes, the lobes are broadly obovate, with blunt teeth on the edges, the leaf surface is smooth, and the petiole is 0.7 to 9 cm long.

Centella asiatica The leaves are membranous to herbaceous, round, kidney-shaped or horseshoe-shaped in shape, about 1 to 2.8 cm long and 1.5 to 5 cm wide, with blunt serrated edges and a broad heart-shaped base.

2. Flowers Differences

The umbels of coriander are solitary on the nodes. The peduncle is slender, 0.5 to 3.5 cm long. There are 5 to 18 small flowers in each inflorescence. The flowers are sessile or short-stalked, with petals. Oval in shape, about 1.2 mm long, greenish white.

Centella asiatica There are 2 to 4 umbels in length, gathered in the leaf axils, about 0.2 to 1.5 cm long. There are 3 to 4 small flowers in each umbel. The flowers are stalkless, and the petals are oval, purple-red or milky white. It is membranous, 1.2 to 1.5 mm long and 1.1 to 1.2 mm wide.

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