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Difference between coriander and Centella asiatica

Walter White
2020-07-16 09:11:16
Leaf difference: coriander leaves are membranous or herbaceous, round or kidney shaped, with broad obovate lobes; centella leaves are membranous to herbaceous, round or kidney shaped, with blunt serrations on the edge. Flower difference: coriander umbel, petals are oval, green and white; centella umbel, petals are membranous, oval, color is purplish red or milky white.

One, leaf difference

Coriander leaves are membranous or herbaceous, round or kidney shaped, 0.5 to 1.5 cm long and 0.8 to 2.5 cm wide. The base of the leaves is heart-shaped, the leaves are undivided or 5 to 7-lobed, the lobes are broad obovate, the edges have blunt teeth, the surface of the leaves is smooth, and the petioles are 0.7 to 9 cm long.

The leaves of Centella asiatica are membranous to herbaceous, round, kidney shaped or horseshoe shaped, about 1 to 2.8 cm long, about 1.5 to 5 cm wide, with blunt serrations at the edges, and broad heart-shaped at the base.

The difference between flowers

Coriander umbels, solitary on nodes, slender peduncles, 0.5 to 3.5 cm long, 5 to 18 florets in each inflorescence, sessile or short, ovate petals, about 1.2 mm long, greenish white.

The corymbs of Centella asiatica are 2 to 4 in length, which gather at the axils of leaves and grow about 0.2 to 1.5 cm. There are 3 to 4 small flowers in each corymb. The flowers are sessile, the petals are oval, purplish red or milky white, membranous, 1.2 to 1.5 mm in length and 1.1 to 1.2 mm in width.

Centella asiatica

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