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The difference between passionflower and Siraitia grosvenorii

Hank Schrader
2020-07-17 09:21:19
Leaf blade: the former is papery, entire, glabrous. The latter is membranous and wider, with small teeth on the edge. At the initial stage, the hair will fall off to glabrous after aging. Fruit: the former is ovoid to nearly round, and the seed is inverted heart-shaped. The latter is oblong or globular, and the seeds are broadly ovate or subrounded.

I. blade difference

The leaves of Passiflora are papery, about 5-7cm long and 6-8cm wide. The base is heart-shaped, and the middle lobes are oval and oblong. Compared with the lobes on both sides, they are slightly smaller, whole and hairless.

The leaves of Siraitia grosvenorii are membranous, wider than the former, about 12-23cm in length and 5-17cm in width. The base of Siraitia grosvenorii is nearly round or heart-shaped, and the edge has small teeth because of the small veins extending out. The leaves have sparse pilose, which will fall off to glabrous when old.

2. Fruit difference

Passiflora for the berry oval to nearly round, grow up to about 6 cm, in the mature color of yellow or orange yellow, more seeds, for the inverted heart-shaped, grow up to about 5 mm.

The fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii is oblong or spherical, about 6-11cm long and 4-8cm in diameter. The primary fruit has dense yellow brown hairs and black gland scales, which will leave a circle of hairs at the fruit stalk gradually after aging. Seeds are also more, broadly ovate or nearly round, about 15-18 mm long, about 10-12 mm wide.

Momordica grosvenori

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