The difference between plums and apricots

Plums alias Jiaqingzi, Bulin, plums, Yuhuang plums and mountain plums are plants of the genus Prunus in Rosaceae. Apricots are deciduous trees. They are cultivated all over China. Although plums and apricots are somewhat similar in appearance, they are two completely different plants. Let's take a look at the differences between plums and apricots.

Plums and apricots have different families and genera.

1. Plums: plums belong to the deciduous trees of the plant kingdom, angiosperm phylum, dicotyledonous class, primitive perianth subclass, Rosaceae, Rosaceae, Prunus.

2. Apricot: apricot belongs to plant kingdom, angiosperm phylum, dicotyledonous class, primitive perianth subclass, rose order, rose suborder, Rosaceae, Li subfamily, apricot deciduous trees.

The difference in shape between plums and apricots

1. Plums: plum trees 9-12 meters high, leaves oblong-Obovate, long-oval, sparsely oblong-ovate, usually 3 flowers concomitant, pedicels 1-2 cm, usually glabrous, flowers usually 3 concomitant, pedicels 1-2 cm, usually glabrous, outer wax powder, nuclei ovoid or oblong, wrinkled, flowering in April, fruiting in July-August.

2. Apricot: apricot tree plants glabrous, leaves alternate, broad-ovate or round-ovate leaves, margin obtusely serrated, two glands near the top of petiole, reddish flowers solitary or 2-3 concomitant, white or reddish, round, oblong or oblate drupe, pericarp mostly white, yellow to yellowish red, sunny often with redness and spots, dark yellow flesh, sweet and juicy, smooth without pores, thick and furrowed. The kernel is bitter or sweet, flowering from March to April and fruiting from June to July.

The difference of efficacy between plum and apricot

1. Plums: plums taste sweet, sour, flat, return to the liver and kidney meridians, have the effects of invigorating body fluid and relieving thirst, clearing liver heat and removing heat, diuresis, and mainly treat yin deficiency and internal heat, bone steaming tuberculosis heat, eliminating thirst and attracting drink, liver and gallbladder dampness-heat, ascites, adverse urination and other diseases.

2. Apricot: apricot is sweet and sour in taste, warm in nature, returning to the lung and large intestine meridians, with the effects of relieving cough and asthma, moisturizing and tonifying the lungs, reducing cholesterol content in the human body, protecting eyesight, preventing eye diseases, replenishing human nutrition, and improving disease resistance, and has a killing effect on cancer cells.