The difference between hazelnuts and acorns

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 in Betula family. Acorn is the fruit of oak tree, shaped like a silkworm cocoon, so it is also called chestnut cocoon, which is rich in minerals and vitamins such as calcium, phosphorus, potassium and niacin, which can be eaten. Let's take a look at the difference between hazelnut and acorn.

The difference of families and genera between hazelnut and acorn

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. Acorns: acorns are plant kingdom, angiosperm phylum, dicotyledonous class, Fagaceae, Fagaceae, Quercus deciduous or evergreen trees.

Morphological difference between hazelnut and acorn

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. Acorns: the acorn tree reaches 25 meters, the bark is dark grayish brown, slightly smooth, branchlets brown, glabrous. The leaf margin is serrated, rarely entire, and the leaves will be reddish brown before falling leaves in autumn. Male catkin pendulous, female flowers solitary in involucre. Nuts solitary, pericarp inner wall glabrous, rudimentary ovules located on the outside of the seed base.

The difference of origin between hazelnut and acorn

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. Acorns: the distribution of oak trees is also related to topography, which is distributed in Asia, Europe, Africa and America, and is rich in resources, with about 300 species. There are more than 60 species of oaks in China, mainly in Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Jilin, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Henan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Anhui, Shaanxi, Sichuan and other provinces and regions.

The difference of efficacy between hazelnut and acorn

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. Acorns: acorns are hard-shelled and brown in color, with kernels like peanut kernels, which are rich in starch with a content of about 60%. They are not only edible but also can be used as raw materials for textile industry sizing.