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Difference between thorn mint
Different families, different plant heights, different leaves, different tastes.

1, the family is different: thuja is a perennial plant in the genus Thuja of the family Labiatae, while mint is a plant in the family Labiatae, genus Mint.

2, plant height is different: wattle is 40-150 centimeters high, while the height of mint is between 30-60 centimeters.

3, the leaves are different: the leaves of thorns are ovate to triangular heart-shaped, with coarsely serrated edges, herbaceous, yellowish-green on top, with short stiff hairs, and slightly whitish leaf color below. Mint leaves are lanceolate, elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, green above and pale green below.

4, the taste is different: thorns eat up with a bitter and spicy flavor, and can only eat its leaves. The taste of mint is very cool, high food value, especially suitable for consumption in the summer time.