1、 Leaf difference

The leaves of bamboo and cypress are opposite and leathery. The shape of the leaves is long ovate, lanceolate elliptic or ovate lanceolate. There are many parallel veinlets on the leaves without midrib. They grow about 3.5 to 9 cm and are about 1.5 to 2.5 cm wide. The upper part of the leaves is dark green and shiny, the lower part is light green, and the base is wedge-shaped or wide wedge-shaped

The leaves of Luohan pine are spirally inserted, in the shape of strip lanceolate, slightly curved, about 7 to 12 cm long, with sharp apex and wedge-shaped base

2、 Flower difference

The male cones of bamboo and cypress are spike shaped cylindrical, usually solitary in the leaf axils, often branched, about 1.8 to 2.5 cm long, the total stem is short and thick, and there are a few triangular bracts at the base

The male cones of Luohan pine are spike shaped and axillary, usually clustered in 3 to 5 clusters on a very short total stem, and grow about 3 to 5 cm