The difference between acacia seeds and acacia beans

1. Leaf Difference

The leaves of Abrus precatorius are pinnately compound, with 8 to 13 pairs of leaflets, membranous, opposite, nearly oblong, about 1 to 2 cm long, about 0.4 to 0.8 cm wide, truncated at the apex with a small tip, nearly rounded at the base, glabrous above, with sparse white rough hairs underneath, and very short petioles.

The leaves of the acacia bean are bipinnately compound leaves with short petioles. The leaves are alternate, oblong or ovate, 2.5 to 3.5 cm long, and obtuse at the tip.

2. Flower Differences

The racemes of the acacia are axillary, 3 to 8 cm long, with small flowers densely arranged in heads, bell-shaped calyx and purple-red corolla.

The acacia bean is a solitary raceme in the leaf axil or arranged in a panicle inflorescence at the top of the branch. The flowers are small, white or lavender, with 5 lanceolate petals.

3. Fruit Difference

The pods of the acacia pods are oblong, with leathery lobes, 2 to 3.5 cm long and 0.5 to 1.5 cm wide. They crack when ripe and contain 2 to 6 seeds. The seeds are oval, with the upper 2/3 being bright red and the lower 1/3 being black, smooth and shiny.

Acacia pods are oblong, 10 to 20 cm long and 1.2 to 1.4 cm wide. The seeds are nearly round or oval, bright red and shiny.