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The difference between camphor wood and privet fruit

Mike Ehrmantraut
2020-07-17 09:21:05
Trunk differentiation: Cinnamomum camphora has a strong tree shape, and its bark color is yellow brown; Ligustrum lucidum has a short height, and its bark color is light, and its color is yellow brown. Leaf differentiation: Cinnamomum camphora leaves are oval in shape and hard in texture; Ligustrum lucidum seeds are large and long in shape. Flower differentiation: camphor tree flower color is light yellow green; privet fruit color is light white.

One, the difference of trunk

When camphor wood is mature, its shape is thick, its height is up to 30 meters, its trunk diameter is up to 5 meters, its whole body is full of fragrance, its bark color is slightly dark, its color is yellow brown, and its distribution has irregular longitudinal crack lines.

The height of Ligustrum lucidum seed is low, between 10 and 25 meters, and the bark color is light, grayish brown.

2. The difference of leaves

Cinnamomum camphora leaves are ovate in shape, 6 to 12 cm long and 3 to 6 cm wide. They are grayish green in color and tend to turn red if they are hard.

The cotyledons of Ligustrum lucidum are evergreen and oval or oval in shape. Compared with the former, the cotyledons are larger, 6 to 17 cm long, 3 to 8 cm wide, and the petioles are shorter, 1 to 3 cm long, without trichomes.

camphor trunk

The difference of flowers

Camphor tree flower color is light yellow green, the flower inside the distribution of dense hair.

The flower color of privet is light white, and there is almost no flower stalk.

camphor trunk

Privet flower

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