Capsaicin is an evergreen shrub, with a height of about 30-90cm. The plant is relatively short, and the crown is also 30-60cm. It spreads outward and grows. The texture of the branches will feel thinner if touched by hand, and it doesn't look very strong.
Chinese prickly ash belongs to deciduous shrub, with a height of about 3 to 7 meters. Compared with the former, the plant is relatively high. The small branches are distributed with short pubescence, and the color of the branches is gray or brown gray. The whole body of the plant is not smooth, and there are thorns growing up obliquely, which are easy to hurt hands.
The former leaves present an obovate shape, with a length of about 0.7 to 1 cm. The color is relatively green and glossy, which is very beautiful, so it is often made into a bonsai for people to watch.
The leaves of the latter have various shapes, with a length of about 1.5 to 7 cm and a width of about 1 to 3 cm, which is larger than the former. There are small serrations on the edge of the leaf, and the surface part has a bunch of brown villi.
The former fruit color is brown.
The color of the latter fruit is red or purplish red.
