1、 Morphological differences

Lantern fruit is a perennial shrub. Its plant height is usually about 1.2m. It has gray black old branches, and the branchlets are usually pilose, gray or grayish brown. The girl fruit is an upright herb with a plant height of about 50-80cm. The stems on the ground are generally unbranched, the stem nodes are very expanded, and the stems will have very dense pilose when young

2、 Differences in appearance

The appearance of Lantern fruit is spherical, and the size of fruit is a little larger than human thumb. It seems that there are longitudinal lines on it, so it looks like a lantern, which is also the origin of the name. The girl fruit is very transparent and has a very clear longitudinal vascular bundle

3、 Difference in taste

There will be seeds in the lantern fruit, and there is not much water in it. It tastes a little like pomegranate. It tastes very sour when it is not mature. After maturity, it looks purplish red and tastes sour and sweet. The girl fruit has more water and fewer seeds. The immature fruit will taste bitter, and the mature fruit is yellow and tastes sweet

4、 Differences in growth habits

Lantern fruit likes sunshine and has no strict requirements on the soil for growth. The suitable growth temperature is about 20 ~ 25 ℃. Girl fruit has a good adaptability, likes a cool environment, and has low requirements for suitable temperature. It can grow in an environment of 3-42 ℃