1、 Blade difference

Osmanthus fragrans leaves are opposite or alternate, oblong or lanceolate, about 5.5-11cm long and 1.5-3cm wide. The surface is dark green and shiny. The leaf veins are hairy at the initial stage and fall off nearly glabrous at the later stage. The back is pink green and pubescent

Tianzhu osmanthus is nearly opposite or alternate in the upper part of the branches, which is oval and oblong, and then oblong lanceolate, about 7-10CM long and 3-3.5cm wide. It is green above and grayish green below, and both sides are hairless

2、 The difference between flowers

Osmanthus fragrans is a panicle, growing under the current year's branchlets or axillary, with grayish yellow or light yellow pubescence, rectangular round lobes, oval ovary and relatively expanded stigma

The panicles are axillary, glabrous, and there are 3-5 flowers at the end of the pedicel, which are cymes. Perianth lobes are ovoid, ovary is ovoid, and stigma is discoid