What's the difference between bauhinia and wisteria?

1, Bauhinia: Leguminosae

2. Wisteria: Rosaceae

Second, the appearance is different.

1, bauhinia: clustered or solitary shrub, 2-5 meters high; Bark and twigs are light gray and white. The leaves are papery, nearly round or triangular, with a length of 5- 10 cm. If the width and length are slightly shorter than the length, the apex is sharp, the base is shallow to deep heart-shaped, and both sides are usually hairless. The tender leaves are green, only the petiole is purplish, and the leaf margin membrane is transparent and obvious when fresh.

2. Wisteria: Deciduous lianas. The stem is right-handed, the branches are thick, the tender branches are white and the back is bald; Winter buds are oval. Odd pinnate compound leaf length 15 ~ 25 cm; Stipules linear, caducous; 3 ~ 6 pairs of leaflets, paper-like, oval to ovate-lanceolate, with larger upper leaflets, the smallest base 1, 5 ~ 8 cm long and 2 ~ 4 cm wide, tapering from apex to tail tip, obtuse or wedge-shaped base, or oblique, tender leaves, flat hairs on both sides and bare back; Petiole is 3 ~ 4 mm long and pilose; Stipules spiny, 4 ~ 5 mm long, persistent.

Third, the distribution range is different.

1, Bauhinia: It is produced in the southeast of China, Hebei in the north, Guangdong and Guangxi in the south, Yunnan and Sichuan in the west, Shaanxi in the northwest and Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong and other provinces in the east.

2. Wisteria: native to China, but also distributed in Korean and Japanese. Widely distributed in North China, especially in Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Shandong and other places. It is cultivated in East China, Central China, South China, Northwest China and Southwest China.

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