The difference between tequila and aloe

Tequila and aloe are perennial evergreen succulent plants with short stem nodes, powdered leaves and spines at the edge and tip, which are not easy to distinguish from their appearance, but they are indeed two different plants. Let's take a look at the differences between them.

Tequila

Tequila, also known as tequila, flax, etc., is a large perennial evergreen herb of the tequila family, which is native to tropical America. It is often introduced and cultivated in South China and Southwest China, and is a common ornamental plant.

Tequila leaves are rosette, usually 30-40, sometimes 50-60, large, fleshy, oblanceolate linear, 1-2 m long, 15-20 cm wide in the middle, 10-12 cm wide at the base, with sparse spines at the leaf margin, 1 hard spike at the tip, dark brown thorns, 1.5-2.5 cm long.

The panicle of tequila is large, 6-12 m long, much branched, flowers yellowish green, perianth tube about 1.2 cm long, perianth lobes 2.5-3 cm long, stamens about 2 times as long as perianth, capsule oblong, about 5 cm long. There are very few bulbs on the inflorescence after flowering.

Aloe

Aloe is a perennial evergreen herb of Liliaceae, native to tropical arid regions of Africa, and now it is distributed almost all over the world. Because it is easy to grow and is an ornamental plant with both flowers and leaves, it is very popular. It has been cultivated in Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places in China.

Aloe vera has shorter stems, leaves subfascicled or slightly distichous (young plants), fleshy, succulent, striate-lanceolate, pink-green, 15-35 cm long, base 4-5 cm wide, with several denticulate tips and sparsely spiny denticulate margins.

Aloe scape 60-90 cm tall, unbranched or sometimes slightly branched, raceme with dozens of flowers, bracts sublanceolate, apex acute, flowers drooping, sparsely arranged, yellowish and erythematous, perianth ca. 2.5 cm, lobes apex slightly curved, stamens nearly equal to perianth or slightly longer, style obviously protruding outside perianth.

The difference between tequila and aloe

1. Tequila is different from aloe in family and genus. Tequila belongs to tequila family and tequila genus. Aloe belongs to Liliaceae and Aloe Vera.

2. Tequila leaves are different from aloe vera. Although tequila leaves are fleshy, they have thin strands inside when they are broken, which do not drain juice and look opaque. Aloe leaves broken without tendons, and will flow out sticky juice, and with yellow, its fleshy part is crystal clear and transparent.

3, tequila and aloe leaves in a different way, tequila is the outermost leaf wrapped in the inner leaf, conical, layer by layer to the long. Aloe vera is separated from the leaflet, and the innermost leaves can be seen clearly.

4. Tequila is different from aloe in that tequila leaves have hooked thorns on the edge, hard and pointed, and a hard dark brown thorn at the top of the leaf. The thorn of aloe is not as hard as the former, its thorn grows to both sides, and the thorn is smaller and smaller toward the top.

5. Tequila is different from aloe in that the inflorescence of tequila is conical and yellowish green, and the fruit is oval or spherical. Aloe is a raceme, drawn from the leaves, florets dense, orange with yellow spots, calyx green, fruit is triangular.

6, tequila and aloe plant shape is similar, tequila is poisonous, so do not eat by mistake. In addition to a few varieties of aloe, such as tree aloe and Shangnong leaf aloe, most varieties are just ornamental plants, and some aloe varieties are poisonous, which may cause poisoning or even endanger lives after accidental eating.