PLANTS THAT LOOK LIKE MARIJUANA
Marijuana is and remains a very special plant which of course has its own peculiar features. However, there are many legal plants with amazing similarities and most of them are even plants we come across daily. These similarities come in various forms like smell, chemical components, texture or even look. This article would analyze this similar look-alike of marijuana and keep you informed so that next time you come across them, you would be quick to differentiate the plants as you also bear in mind its difference even with its similarities.
The following are the plants that look like marijuana;
 Kenaf: A kenaf plant when looked at first instance may be mistaken for marijuana because it produces a leaf that …show more content…
This may even prompt a report by someone if all he ever does is look at the plant at a distance. Cassava and Okra plants are grown basically for food and are categorized as look-alikes with marijuana because of its leafy and very greeny nature. Even with these surprising similarities, marijuana still differs from okra and cassava in a number of ways. One of the finest ways is to tell from the number of leaves and while the okra and cassava plant grows five and three leaves respectively, the cannabis plant grows seven or nine leaves. This method has been used to differentiate the plants by many even with its very apparent similarities.
 The Japanese Maple: This plant may also be referred to as the Acer palmatum and it often mistaken for marijuana because of its similarities also. Unlike the okra and cassava plants talked about above which can be differentiated from marijuana by counting its leaves, the Japanese Mable has the same number of leaves which makes it more difficult to differentiate them. The focus for knowing if a plant is the Japanese Maple or a marijuana plant however, is its appearance in general. The Japanese Maple with its palmate leaves turns red in the fall season while the marijuana plant always stay