Complex sentence: Cocona closely resembles a number of close relatives, including naranjilla and pseudolulo; it can be distinguished from those plants by it's lack of spines, and cocona lacks the characteristic purple coloring usually seen in the naranjilla.
Split into simpler sentences: Cocona closely resembles a number of close relatives, including naranjilla and pseudolulo; it can be distinguished from those plants by it's lack of spines. Cocona also lacks the characteristic purple coloring usually seen in the naranjilla.