Let's understand what this plant is before we know the difference between them. It is also known as "Laba chestnut", "melon chestnut" and so on. It is a small evergreen shrub of kapok family, which is often used for potting.
(1) leaves, flowers and fruits: This is the difference between the appearance of the two. The first is leaves. For the first plant, its leaflets are six to nine, sparsely, stellate, with very short soft hairs, and some without hairs. The leaves are paper or leathery. For the second kind of plant, its leaflets have five to eleven, some have short stalks, some don't, its shape is often round, or oval round, its base is wedge-shaped, in addition, its leaves have no hair.
Then there are their flowers, the first is a panicle, terminal, pink color; the second is needle shaped or linear, light yellow green color.
Finally, fruit, the former fruit is spherical, dark red; the second kind of fruit close to the shape of pear, is dark brown.
(2) flowering period: the flowering period of the first kind of plants is from November to December; the flowering period of the second kind of plants is from May to November.
Although it is not a Money Tree, it has a similar effect. In fact, it also has the meaning of fortune. In addition, it can also be used to ward off evil spirits. It's very good to keep it indoors, in the office, or in the courtyard.
