bole | habit | large trees 30+ m or small trees or shrubs |
bole | buttresses | absent or present |
bole | buttress_and_root_type | stilt |
bole | buttress_size | short or tall |
bole | bole_form | cylindrical or fluted |
bole | spines | absent |
bole | bark_outer_color | orange or red or gray or brown |
bole | bark_peeling | not peeling |
bole | slash_color | orange or red or gray or brown |
bole | slash_lamination | present |
bole | slash_odor | absent |
bole | exudate | present |
bole | exudate_abundance | flowing |
twig | terminal_buds_enclosed_by_leaves | no |
twig | clumped_hairs | absent |
twig | complex_hairs | absent |
twig | stinging_hairs | absent |
twig | mature_twig_indumentum | absent or present |
twig | twig_indumentum_density | sparse or dense |
twig | twig_cross_section | terete or angled |
twig | leaf_location | spaced down twig |
twig | leaf_insertion | alternate |
twig | leaf_plane | spiral |
stipule | stipules | absent or present |
stipule | stipule_freedom | free or joined |
stipule | stipule_type | lateral |
stipule | stipule_on_twig | not encirlcing twig or encircling twig |
stipule | stipule_form | leafy |
stipule | stipule_fringe | absent |
stipule | stipule_size | minute or conspicuous |
stipule | stipule_persistence | deciduous |
leaf | leaf_scalelike_or_needlelike | none |
leaf | leaf_complexity | simple |
leaf | petiole_length | less than a quarter or quarter to half |
leaf | petiole_winged | not winged or winged |
leaf | petiole_attachment | base of leaf |
leaf | petiole_base_swelling | not swollen or swollen at base |
leaf | petiole_apex_swelling | not swollen |
leaf | petiole_cross_section | terete or grooved |
leaf | petiole_wrinkling | smooth or longitundinal |
leaf | leaf_similarity | homophyllus |
leaf | leaf_texture | coriaceous |
leaf | leaf_base | asymmetrical or symmetrical |
leaf | leaf_dissection | not dissected |
leaf | leaf_margins | entire or crenate or toothed |
leaf | margin_plane | flat |
leaf | leaf_base_shape | rounded or tapered |
leaf | leaf_apex_shape | retuse or rounded or acute or acuminate |
leaf | upper_leaf_surface | matte or shining |
leaf | lower_leaf_surface | matte or shining |
leaf | primary_venation | pinnate |
leaf | primary_vein_above | roundly raised or sunken |
leaf | secondary_vein_spacing | open |
leaf | secondaries_above | raised or flat or sunken |
leaf | secondary_vein_course | mostly parallel |
leaf | secondary_vein_angle | medium |
leaf | secondary_vein_termination | brochidodromous or eucamptodromous or craspedodromous |
leaf | secondary_vein_branching | not branched |
leaf | intersecondary_veins | absent |
leaf | tertiary_veins_above | raised or flat |
leaf | tertiary_vein_form | distinctly percurrent |
leaf | direction_of_percurrence | perpendicular to midrib or parallel to midrib |
leaf | ramified_branching | absent |
leaf | domatia | absent or present |
leaf | domatia_type | pit-like |
leaf | domatia_distribution | along midrib |
leaf | leaf_glands | absent |
leaf | marginal_and_petiolar_glands | absent |
leaf | hairs_on_mature_leaf | absent or present |
leaf | hair_density | sparse or dense |
inflor | inflorescence | solitary or multiple |
inflor | inflorescence_position | terminal or axillary |
inflor | inflorescence_axis | unbranched |
inflor | specialized_inflorescence_units | absent |
flower | numerous_persistant_floral_bracts | absent |
flower | floral_sexuality | bisexual |
flower | peduncle | present |
flower | flower_size | to about to about 0.5 cmmicroscopic cm or more than to about 0.5 cmmicroscopic cm |
flower | floral_symmetry | actinomorphic |
flower | floral_column | absent |
flower | hypanthium | absent |
flower | disk | absent |
flower | perianth | present |
flower | perianth_type | K+C |
flower | sepal_number | (4-)5(-6) |
flower | sepal_freedom | free |
flower | sepal_persistence | caducous or persistent in fruit |
flower | sepal_accrescence | not accrescent or accrescent |
flower | epicalyx | absent |
flower | petal_presence | present |
flower | petal_number | 5 |
flower | petal_fusion | free at base |
flower | petal_texture | not fleshy |
flower | petal_persistence | deciduous |
flower | petal_stalks | sessile |
flower | petal_margin | entire |
male | stamen_number | 100 |
male | stamen_filaments | absent or present |
male | stamen_fascicling | all free or fascicled |
male | stamen_adnation | free |
male | stamen_size | equal sizes or different sizes |
male | stamen_mery | polystemonous |
male | anther_locule_number | 2 |
male | anther_fixation | basifixed |
male | anther_adornment | not awned |
male | anther_dehiscence | pores or long slits |
female | ovary_position | superior |
female | carpel_arrangement | joined at base |
female | carpel_number | 4-20 |
female | locule_number | 1 |
female | style_presence | free and multiple |
female | style_number | 4-20 |
female | stigma_lobes | 1 |
female | stigma_shape | not distinctive |
fruit | common_fruit_type | capsule |
fruit | fruit_fleshiness | fleshy |
fruit | fruit_aggregation | not multiple or aggregate |
fruit | fruit_dehiscence | dehiscent |
fruit | fruit_accessory_tissue | no fleshy perianth parts or in or on a fleshy hypanthium |
fruit | fruit_wings | absent |
seed | seed_number_and_multiple | 100 |
seed | seed_size | less than 5 mm or to about 1 cm |
seed | seed_wings | absent |
seed | seed_ruminations | seed uniform |
seed | seed_aril | absent or present |
seed | seed_endosperm | present |
info | field_characters | inner bark brown red; trunk of tree often hisses when cut; prominent leaf scars; flowers large; petals yellow or white; stamens numerous; fruit often star shaped and fleshy |