The difference between Solanum huangguo and Solanum echinacea

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1. Differences in leaves

2. The difference between flowers

3. Differences in fruits

Leaves: Solanum vulgaris is oval-oblong, while Solanum echinacea is oval and the leaves are wider. Flowers: The inflorescences of Solanum vulgare are cymes growing outside the axils, while Solanum echinacea has scorpion-tail-shaped inflorescences. Fruit: Solanum huangguo is light yellow when ripe, while Solanum spinosa is orange-red when ripe.

1. Differences in leaves

The single leaves of Solanaceae are alternate. The leaves are oval and oblong, about 4-6 cm long and 3-4.5 cm wide. The apex is blunt or pointed, and the base is Nearly heart-shaped or skewed, with deep fissures at the edges.

Asparagus The leaves are oval, about 5-7 cm long and 2.5-5.2 cm wide. The apex is blunt, the base is heart-shaped or truncate, and the edges have shallow round lobes. The upper surface is green and pubescent, and the lower surface is gray-green. , with long velvet.

2. Flowers The difference

The yellow-fruited eggplant has cymes outside the axils, usually with 3-5 flowers. The calyx is bell-shaped with small spines on the outside. The corolla is radial and the color is blue-purple. , the lobes are oval-triangular, the ovary is oval-round, and the style is slender.

Asparagus It is a scorpion-tail-shaped inflorescence. The color of the flowers is also blue-purple, and a few are white. The calyx is cup-shaped, the lobes are oval, and the ovary is oblong and ribbed.

3. Fruit Differences

The yellow-fruited eggplant is spherical in shape. The fruit is green with dark green stripes in the early stages, and will turn into light yellow when mature. The tomato is orange-red when ripe.

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