The difference between betel nut and olive

Betel nut, also known as betel nut, belly son, Bingmen, olive son, green son and so on, is an evergreen tree of the genus areca of the palm family. Olives, also known as yellow olive, green fruit, mountain olive, white olive, red olive, green fruit, advice fruit, loyal fruit, etc., belong to the olive family olive tree, is a very good windbreak tree and street tree, let's take a look at the difference between betel nut and olive!

The difference of families and genera between betel nut and olive

1. Betel nut: betel nut belongs to the evergreen trees of plant kingdom, angiosperm phylum, Monocotyledon class, primary order, palmaceae, betel nut subfamily, betel nut family.

2. Olives: plant kingdom, angiosperm phylum, dicotyledonous class, primitive perianth subclass, rue order, rue suborder, olive family, olive trees.

Morphological difference between betel nut and olive

1. Betel nut: betel nut stem erect, treelike, more than 10 meters high, up to 30 meters, with obvious annular leaf marks, monoecious, inflorescence much branched, ovary oblong, fruit oblong or ovoid, seed ovoid, flowering and fruiting period 3-4 months.

2. Olives: olives can be up to 35 meters high and 150 centimeters in breast diameter. Leaflets 3-6 pairs, papery to leathery, lateral veins 12-16 pairs, midrib well developed. Inflorescences axillary. Infructescences 1.5-15 cm long, with 1-6 fruits. Ovoid to fusiform, yellowish green at maturity, exocarp thick, nuclear hard, both ends pointed, nuclear surface coarsening. The flowering period is from April to May and the fruit is ripe from October to December.

The difference of producing area between betel nut and olive

1. Betel nut: betel nut is native to Malaysia, mainly distributed in Southeast Asia, tropical Asia, East Africa and parts of Europe, while the Pacific region is mainly distributed in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu and Micronesia. It is sporadically distributed in Pinape Island, American Mariana Islands and Marshall Islands, and betel nut cultivation in Hawaii Islands is only for ornamental use.

2. Olives: olives are native to southern China and are cultivated in Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other regions. They are wild in ravines and hillside forests below 1300 meters above sea level, or cultivated in gardens and villages. It is distributed from northern to central Vietnam and is also cultivated in Japan and Malay Peninsula.

The difference of efficacy between betel nut and olive

1. Betel nut: betel nut has the effect of killing insects, breaking accumulation, reducing qi and stagnation, and hydrating dampness. it has been used to treat tapeworm, hookworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, roundworm, ginger flake and other parasitic infections.

2. Olives: olive taste sweet and sour, sexual flat, entering the spleen, stomach and lung meridians, with the effects of clearing heat and detoxification, promoting pharynx and resolving phlegm, promoting fluid and relieving thirst, eliminating annoyance and awakening wine, suitable for swollen throat, irritated thirst, coughing phlegm and blood, etc.