1、 Blade difference

The leaves of Michelia zihuaensis are leathery, usually long and narrow round or narrow obovate, rarely narrow oval, about 7-13 cm long and about 2.5-4 cm wide. The apex is long tail, acute or acuminate, and the base is wide wedge-shaped or wedge-shaped. The color above is dark green, glabrous, light green below, and villous on the leaf veins

Michelia leaf blade is narrow oval or obovate oval, which is smaller than the former, about 4-10 cm long and 1.8-4.5 cm wide. The apex is blunt and short pointed, and the base is broad wedge-shaped or wedge-shaped

2、 The difference between flowers

Michelia purpurea, as its name suggests, is dark purple or purplish red in color. It has six perianth segments, which are long oval, about 18-20 mm long and 6-8 mm wide. The stamens are about 1 cm long and the pistils are about 8 mm long. The flowering period is from April to May every year

Michelia is upright, light yellow in color, sometimes purple or red at the edge, and the flowering period is from March to May

3、 Difference of fruit

Michelia purpurea is a aggregate fruit, about 2.5-5cm long, with more than 10 follicles, flat ovoid or oblate spherical, papillary protrusions and residual hair, and the fruit stalk is thick and short. The fruit period is from August to September every year

Michelia aggregate fruit, smaller than the former, about 2-3.5 cm, follicles are spherical or ovoid, and the fruit period is from July to August