The difference between yellow loblolly tree and yellow loblolly orchid

1. Tree shape difference

The trunk of the yellow locust tree is thick and the tree is 15 to 20 meters tall. The buttress roots extend up to ten meters away. The supporting roots form a double trunk, the branches are dense, the large branches extend horizontally, the small branches extend obliquely, and the leaves are dense.

The yellow jasmine tree is more than 10 meters tall, with branches extending obliquely upward, forming a narrow umbrella-shaped crown.

2. Leaf Difference

The leaves of the yellow loblolly tree are alternate, papery, oblong or nearly lanceolate, 8 to 16 cm long and 4 to 7 cm wide, with a sharp tip and entire margins.

The leaves of the yellow jasmine are thin leathery, lanceolate-ovate or lanceolate-oblong, about 10 to 20 cm long and 4.5 to 9 cm wide. The leaves have a sharp tip and a broad cuneate base. The petiole is 2 to 4 cm long.

3. Flower Difference

The yellow locust tree has a closed sac-like fleshy inflorescence, which contains male and female flowers and four membranous tepals.

The flowers of the yellow jasmine are yellow, with 15 to 20 tepals, which are oblanceolate, 3 to 4 cm long and 4 to 5 mm wide.

4. Fruit Difference

The fruit of the ginkgo tree grows in the leaf axils, is spherical, and is yellow or purple-red.

The aggregate fruit of the yellow jasmine is 7 to 15 cm long, oblong in shape of an obovate, and 1 to 1.5 cm long.