Hippophae rhamnoides is a kind of Hippophae in Rosaceae, Hippophae rhamnoides is a kind of Hippophae in Elaeagnus.
It can be seen that the two belong to different species, natural shape and other characteristics will also be different.
The fruit of Hippophae rhamnoides is elliptical, orange in color, and grows mainly on the top of the main stem. The fruit of Hippophae rhamnoides is round, red, and grows on the main stem, not on the top.
From the shape and the growing part of the fruit, we can also clearly distinguish Pyracantha and Hippophae rhamnoides.
The lateral branches of Pyracantha fortunei are short, the tip is spiny, the young branches are embroidered with pubescence, while the old branches are dark brown, without hair covering; the shoots of Pyracantha fortunei are very small, and covered with pubescence. Its leaves are oblong and obovate, with a blunt or concave tip, a petiole attached below, a blunt serrate on the edge, and a sharp point that bends inward.
The branches of Hippophae rhamnoides are thick and have many thorns. The shoots are brownish green, covered with white star like pilose. The old branches are gray black, rough and shriveled. Its branches and buds are large, golden and a few embroidered. Its leaves are opposite to each other, similar to the branches, in the shape of oblong lanceolate, the two ends of the leaves are blunt, the base is gradually wide, the top is green, the back is silvery white, no hair cover.
The value of Pyracantha: the fruit of Pyracantha can be used as medicine, can eliminate accumulation and dysentery, and is good for digestion of intestine; the leaves can clear away heat and detoxify, and the external application can be used to treat sore, swelling and toxin.
The value of seabuckthorn: it is rich in nutrition, and the fruit contains fatty acids, microelements, linolein and other substances; the leaves contain crude protein, crude fat, crude fiber and so on, which can be processed into fruit juice, wine, jam and preserved fruit for consumption. Its value and efficacy can improve people's immunity and reduce illness.
