Pocket coconut rich coconut loose-tailed sunflower looks almost how to distinguish?

Green plants such as pocket coconuts, rich coconuts and sunflower can be used as ornamental plants, but their similarity in appearance makes it difficult for many friends to identify. And how to distinguish these highly similar plants, we need to remember a few points of their respective characteristics, so that we can distinguish them.

The difference between rich coconuts and pocket coconuts:

1, pocket coconut, potted pocket coconut stem is straight, no branches, dark green stems and leaves. The leaves are 14-22cm long and 2-3cm wide. Spring blossoms, yellow flowers and orange fruit.

2, rich coconut: potted rich coconut has short thick stems and very long leaves, which can reach 50-80cm, showing a flat feather shape. The leaves are generally dark green and shiny. The rich coconut fruit is round reddish brown.

I believe that through these points to distinguish between rich coconuts and pocket coconuts we will have some understanding, other aspects, rich coconuts are often used for decoration, is a very good material for greening. And pocket coconut can play a role in removing formaldehyde, the family likes to put pocket coconut very much.

The difference between pocket coconut and loose-tailed sunflower:

Pocket coconuts and sunflower are also very confusing plants, so remember the following distinguishing points:

1, pocket coconut: potted plants are generally less than 1 meter, except for straight stems without branches, its leaves are fully pinnate, lobes are broadly needle-shaped, 14-22cm in length. And pocket coconuts are dioecious with small globular flowers. Pocket coconuts are evergreen plants.

2, loose-tailed sunflower: loose-tailed sunflower is also an evergreen plant, but careful observation will find their differences. The base of loose-tailed sunflower is slightly inflated, the stem is not burr-free, and the whole is cylindrical. The dark green lobes of the leaves are smooth and slender and split in two rows, with a total of 40-60 pairs. Leaves not pendulous, 40-60cm in length. The fruit is orange.

The most distinguishing thing about loose-tailed sunflower is that the top of its leaves are two short lobes of unequal length, the petiole is slender, and the stem is golden yellow (loose-tailed sunflower is also called yellow coconut). The loose-tailed sunflower has many branches, and the fruit shows a turbinate purplish black.

The difference between rich coconut and loose-tailed sunflower:

Both belong to palm shrubs, and it is difficult to distinguish between the two, so remember their own characteristics.

1, rich coconut: the stem has many branches, dark green leaves, leaf front end drooping, can reach 50-80cm, reddish-brown fruit, flowers like flame, winter fruit. Generally planted in the south of China, I like the warm and humid environment, but it is also more hardy.

2, loose tail sunflower: the stem is smooth, the leaf is yellowish green, the leaf does not droop, the loose tail sunflower presents the golden yellow, summer fruit, orange fruit. Loose-tailed sunflower is a tropical plant, is not cold-resistant, as long as the temperature is less than 5 degrees will freeze to death, so in China is also a small-scale planting, high temperature tropical areas have loose-tailed sunflower.

I think, through the above separate statements, you should be able to tell from their characteristics.