The difference between hazelnut and chestnut

Hazelnut is one of the four dried fruits in the world (walnut, almond, hazelnut and cashew nut). It is a shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus of Betulaceae. Chestnut, also known as "king of dried fruit", is a Chinese specialty. It is also known as "ginseng fruit" abroad. Let's take a look at the difference between hazelnut and chestnut.

Differences between families and genera of hazelnut and chestnut

1. Hazelnut: hazelnut is a plant kingdom, angiosperm phylum, dicotyledonous class, primitive perianth subclass, beech order, birch family, hazel family, hazel shrubs or small trees.

2. Chestnuts: chestnuts belong to the plant kingdom, angiosperm phylum, dicotyledonous class, beech, Fagaceae, chestnut shrubs or small trees.

Morphological difference between hazelnut and chestnut

1. Hazelnut: hazelnut bark gray, branches dark gray, glabrous. The leaves are rectangular round or broadly Obovate, the tip is notched or truncate, the center is triangular, the margin is irregularly doubly serrate, and the petiole is sparsely short hairy or subglabrous. Male inflorescences solitary, fruiting bell-shaped, densely pubescent and sparsely villous, distally lobed, lobes triangular, margin entire. Peduncle densely pubescent. Nuts subglobose, glabrous or only apically sparsely villous.

2. Chestnut: the chestnut tree is 1520 meters high, the bark is dark gray, the branchlets have short hairs or scattered villi, and there is no terminal bud. Leaves alternate, arranged in 2 rows, ovate-elliptic to long elliptic-lanceolate. Flowers unisexual, monoecious, male inflorescences spikelike, female flowers concentrated at the base of male inflorescences on upper branches. The sharp thorns of the mature shell bucket are long and short, sparse and dense, and when they are dense, the outer wall of the shell bucket is completely obscured, and when it is sparse, the outer wall is visible.

The difference of producing area between hazelnut and chestnut

1. Hazelnut: hazelnut is born in shrubs on mountain shady slopes at an altitude of 200,000 meters. China is mainly produced in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi and Shaanxi. Turkey, Italy, Spain, the United States, Korea, Japan, Russia, East Siberia and the far East, and eastern Mongolia are also distributed.

2. Chestnuts: chestnuts are mostly born on gentle slopes and beaches in low mountains and hills. Hebei, Shandong, Hubei, Xinyang Luoshan and Zhenan in southern Shaanxi are famous producing areas of chestnuts, which are produced in the north and south of China except Qinghai, Ningxia, * *, Hainan and other provinces.

The difference of efficacy between hazelnut and chestnut

1. Hazelnut: hazelnut is sweet, flat and non-toxic, returning to the spleen and stomach meridian, with the effect of regulating, appetizing, nourishing qi and blood, and clear eye. it is mainly used to treat diseases such as lack of appetite, fatigue, emaciation, weakness of limbs, deficiency of body after illness, unclear vision and so on.

2. Chestnut: the chestnut is warm and sweet, returning to the spleen, kidney and stomach meridians, with the effects of nourishing the stomach and strengthening the spleen, tonifying the kidney and strengthening muscles, promoting blood circulation and hemostasis. it is suitable for spleen and stomach weakness, nausea, diarrhea, body deficiency, waist and legs, hematemesis, hematochezia, hematochezia, golden sores, bruises, swelling and pain, swelling and toxin, etc.