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How to distinguish cauliflower

Marie Schrader
2020-07-17 09:21:19
Leaf blade: the basal leaf and the lower one are oblong to elliptic, grayish green, with small teeth or whole edge, and petiole. Leaves on stem oblong to lanceolate, sessile. Flowers: racemes axillary or terminal, yellowish to white. Fruit: long horned cylindrical fruit, broadly elliptic seed, brown.

I. blade

The leaves of cauliflower are divided into basal leaves and upper leaves with different shapes and sizes. The basal leaves and the lower ones are oblong to elliptic, about 2-3.5cm long, gray green in color, round in shape at the top, unfolding, with small teeth or whole edge. Petiolate, ca. 2-3 cm long. The upper leaves of the stem are small, sessile, oblong and lanceolate.

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Two, flowers

There will be a total pedicel at the top of the stem. The raceme will be axillary or terminal. The color of the flower will be light yellow, and later it will become white. The flowering period is in April every year.

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Three, fruit

Cauliflower is a cylindrical long horned fruit, about 3-4cm long, with a midvein, a smaller upper part and a thicker lower part of the beak, about 10-12mm long. Its seeds are wide oval, about 2 mm long and brown in color. The fruit period is in May every year.

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