bole | habit | large trees 30+ m or small trees or shrubs |
bole | buttresses | absent |
bole | spines | absent |
bole | bark_outer_color | gray or brown |
bole | bark_peeling | not peeling |
bole | slash_color | white |
bole | slash_lamination | absent |
bole | slash_odor | absent |
bole | exudate | absent |
twig | terminal_buds_enclosed_by_leaves | no |
twig | clumped_hairs | absent |
twig | complex_hairs | absent |
twig | stinging_hairs | absent |
twig | mature_twig_indumentum | absent |
twig | twig_cross_section | terete |
twig | leaf_location | spaced down twig |
twig | leaf_insertion | alternate |
twig | leaf_plane | spiral |
stipule | stipules | present |
stipule | stipule_freedom | free |
stipule | stipule_type | lateral |
stipule | stipule_on_twig | not encirlcing twig |
stipule | stipule_form | deltoid |
stipule | stipule_fringe | absent |
stipule | stipule_size | minute |
stipule | stipule_persistence | deciduous |
leaf | leaf_scalelike_or_needlelike | none |
leaf | leaf_complexity | simple or compound |
leaf | compound_leaf_form | 3 leaflets |
leaf | compound_leaf_pinnation | imparipinnate |
leaf | leaflet_position | opposite |
leaf | rachis_length | less than longest leaflet or equal to longest leaflet or longer than longest leaflet |
leaf | rachis_glands | absent or present |
leaf | petiole_length | absent or less than a quarter |
leaf | petiole_winged | not winged |
leaf | petiole_attachment | base of leaf |
leaf | petiole_base_swelling | not swollen |
leaf | petiole_apex_swelling | not swollen |
leaf | petiole_cross_section | grooved |
leaf | petiole_wrinkling | smooth or longitundinal |
leaf | leaf_similarity | homophyllus |
leaf | leaf_texture | coriaceous or chartaceous |
leaf | leaf_base | asymmetrical or symmetrical |
leaf | leaf_dissection | not dissected |
leaf | leaf_margins | entire |
leaf | margin_plane | flat |
leaf | leaf_base_shape | tapered |
leaf | leaf_apex_shape | acuminate |
leaf | upper_leaf_surface | matte |
leaf | lower_leaf_surface | matte or glaucous |
leaf | primary_venation | pinnate |
leaf | primary_vein_above | flat or sunken |
leaf | secondary_vein_spacing | open |
leaf | secondaries_above | raised |
leaf | secondary_vein_course | mostly parallel |
leaf | secondary_vein_angle | medium |
leaf | secondary_vein_termination | brochidodromous or eucamptodromous |
leaf | secondary_vein_branching | not branched |
leaf | intersecondary_veins | few more than half |
leaf | tertiary_veins_above | flat |
leaf | tertiary_vein_form | weakly percurrent or reticulate |
leaf | direction_of_percurrence | perpendicular to midrib or parallel to midrib |
leaf | ramified_branching | absent |
leaf | domatia | absent |
leaf | leaf_glands | absent or papillose or laminar glands |
leaf | marginal_and_petiolar_glands | absent or mid petiole |
leaf | hairs_on_mature_leaf | absent |
inflor | inflorescence | multiple |
inflor | inflorescence_position | terminal |
inflor | inflorescence_axis | unbranched |
inflor | specialized_inflorescence_units | present |
inflor | type_of_inflorescence_unit | corymbs |
flower | numerous_persistant_floral_bracts | absent |
flower | floral_sexuality | bisexual |
flower | peduncle | present |
flower | flower_size | to about 3 cm or to about to about 0.5 cmmicroscopic cm |
flower | floral_symmetry | actinomorphic or irregular |
flower | floral_column | present |
flower | column_type | gynophore |
flower | hypanthium | absent |
flower | disk | absent |
flower | perianth | present |
flower | perianth_type | K+C |
flower | sepal_number | 4 |
flower | sepal_freedom | free |
flower | sepal_persistence | caducous |
flower | sepal_accrescence | not accrescent |
flower | epicalyx | absent |
flower | petal_presence | present |
flower | petal_number | 4 |
flower | petal_fusion | free at base |
flower | petal_texture | not fleshy |
flower | petal_persistence | deciduous |
flower | petal_stalks | clawed |
flower | petal_margin | entire |
male | stamen_number | 8-30(-100) |
male | stamen_filaments | present |
male | stamen_fascicling | all free |
male | stamen_adnation | free |
male | stamen_size | equal sizes |
male | stamen_mery | diplostemonous or polystemonous |
male | anther_locule_number | 2 |
male | anther_fixation | dorsifixed |
male | anther_adornment | not awned |
male | anther_dehiscence | long slits |
female | ovary_position | superior |
female | carpel_arrangement | syncarpous |
female | carpel_number | 2-6 |
female | locule_number | 1 |
female | style_presence | solitary including joined |
female | stigma_lobes | 1 |
female | stigma_shape | not distinctive |
fruit | common_fruit_type | berry |
fruit | fruit_fleshiness | fleshy |
fruit | fruit_aggregation | not multiple or aggregate |
fruit | fruit_dehiscence | indehiscent |
fruit | fruit_accessory_tissue | no fleshy perianth parts |
fruit | fruit_wings | absent |
seed | seed_number_and_multiple | 100 |
seed | seed_size | less than 5 mm or to about 1 cm or to about less than 5 mmbarely visible cm |
seed | seed_wings | absent |
seed | seed_ruminations | seed uniform |
seed | seed_aril | absent |
seed | seed_endosperm | absent |
info | field_characters | leaves palmately lobed or trifoliate; flowers large; reddish; gynophore as long as stamens; fruits large; seeds numerous and often U shaped; embedded in pulp |
info | scoring_decisions | Specimens in the C. religiosa folder had raised clear glands on the upper leaf surfaces. Specimens of C. nurvula are whitened below by minute papillae. |