It usually has 3-4 pairs of small leaves, which are obovate or oval. It is about 1.5-5cm long and 1-2.5cm wide. Its top is sharp and then becomes slightly round and blunt. Its base is wedge-shaped and later becomes wide wedge-shaped, and its edge has obvious serrations.
The leaves of Myrica rubra are thin and leathery, and its shape is more slender than the former. The top is gradually sharpened upward, the base is nearly round, and the edge is not serrated.
The inflorescence of L. chinense is spicate, the bracts usually have 6 deep splits, 5 sepals, which are triangular ovate, the petals are yellow and oblong.
The inflorescence of Myrica rubra is capitate, the bracts are linear or linear, the corolla has 5-lobed, triangular lobes, and the color is purplish red.
