bole | habit | small trees |
bole | buttresses | absent |
bole | spines | absent |
bole | bark_outer_color | gray or brown |
bole | bark_peeling | not peeling |
bole | slash_lamination | absent |
bole | slash_odor | absent or aromatic |
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 or angled |
twig | leaf_location | clustered at twig end or pseudowhorled |
twig | leaf_insertion | alternate |
twig | leaf_plane | spiral |
stipule | stipules | absent |
leaf | leaf_scalelike_or_needlelike | none |
leaf | leaf_complexity | simple |
leaf | petiole_length | less than a quarter |
leaf | petiole_winged | not winged or 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 |
leaf | leaf_base | symmetrical |
leaf | leaf_dissection | not dissected |
leaf | leaf_margins | entire |
leaf | margin_plane | revolute |
leaf | leaf_base_shape | tapered |
leaf | leaf_apex_shape | acute or acuminate |
leaf | upper_leaf_surface | matte |
leaf | lower_leaf_surface | matte |
leaf | primary_venation | pinnate |
leaf | primary_vein_above | sunken |
leaf | secondary_vein_spacing | open |
leaf | secondaries_above | raised or flat |
leaf | secondary_vein_course | mostly parallel |
leaf | secondary_vein_angle | medium |
leaf | secondary_vein_termination | brochidodromous |
leaf | secondary_vein_branching | not branched |
leaf | intersecondary_veins | absent |
leaf | tertiary_veins_above | flat or not visible |
leaf | tertiary_vein_form | distinctly percurrent or weakly percurrent |
leaf | direction_of_percurrence | perpendicular to midrib or parallel to midrib |
leaf | ramified_branching | absent |
leaf | domatia | absent |
leaf | leaf_glands | absent |
leaf | marginal_and_petiolar_glands | absent |
leaf | hairs_on_mature_leaf | absent |
inflor | inflorescence | solitary or multiple |
inflor | inflorescence_position | axillary or branch or trunk |
inflor | inflorescence_axis | single point |
inflor | specialized_inflorescence_units | absent |
flower | numerous_persistant_floral_bracts | absent |
flower | floral_sexuality | bisexual |
flower | peduncle | present |
flower | flower_size | to about 0.5 cm or to about 3 cm |
flower | floral_symmetry | actinomorphic |
flower | floral_column | absent |
flower | hypanthium | absent |
flower | disk | absent |
flower | perianth | present |
flower | perianth_type | T only |
flower | tepal_number | 7-33(-100) |
flower | sepal_persistence | caducous |
male | stamen_number | 4-100 |
male | stamen_filaments | absent or present |
male | stamen_fascicling | all free |
male | stamen_adnation | free |
male | stamen_size | equal sizes |
male | stamen_mery | anisomerous or polystemonous |
male | anther_locule_number | 2 |
male | anther_fixation | basifixed |
male | anther_adornment | not awned |
male | anther_dehiscence | long slits |
female | ovary_position | superior |
female | carpel_arrangement | apocarpous |
female | carpel_number | 100many |
female | locule_number | 1 |
female | style_presence | solitary including joined |
female | stigma_lobes | 1 |
female | stigma_shape | not distinctive |
fruit | common_fruit_type | follicle |
fruit | fruit_fleshiness | not fleshy |
fruit | fruit_aggregation | not multiple or aggregate |
fruit | fruit_dehiscence | dehiscent |
fruit | fruit_accessory_tissue | no fleshy perianth parts |
fruit | fruit_wings | absent |
seed | seed_number_and_multiple | 1 |
seed | seed_size | less than 5 mm |
seed | seed_wings | absent |
seed | seed_ruminations | seed uniform |
seed | seed_aril | absent |
seed | seed_endosperm | present |
info | field_characters | leaves spiral; aromatic and gland dotted; venation almost invisible; apocarpous tepaline flower; fruits star-anise form |