bole | habit | large trees 30+ m or small trees or shrubs |
bole | buttresses | absent or present |
bole | buttress_size | short or tall |
bole | bole_form | cylindrical or hooped or fluted |
bole | spines | absent |
bole | bark_outer_color | white or green or red or gray or brown |
bole | bark_peeling | not peeling |
bole | slash_color | cream or yellow or green or orange or red or gray |
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 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 or opposite |
twig | leaf_plane | one plane or two planes or spiral |
stipule | stipules | absent |
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 or swollen half length or swollen full length |
leaf | petiole_apex_swelling | not swollen |
leaf | petiole_cross_section | terete or flattened or grooved |
leaf | petiole_wrinkling | smooth or longitundinal |
leaf | leaf_similarity | homophyllus |
leaf | leaf_texture | coriaceous or chartaceous |
leaf | leaf_base | symmetrical |
leaf | leaf_dissection | not dissected |
leaf | leaf_margins | entire |
leaf | margin_plane | revolute |
leaf | leaf_base_shape | rounded or tapered |
leaf | leaf_apex_shape | rounded or acute or acuminate |
leaf | upper_leaf_surface | matte or shining |
leaf | lower_leaf_surface | matte or glaucous or shining |
leaf | primary_venation | pinnate |
leaf | primary_vein_above | roundly raised or flat or sunken |
leaf | secondary_vein_spacing | open |
leaf | secondaries_above | raised or flat or sunken |
leaf | secondary_vein_course | mostly parallel or mostly converging |
leaf | secondary_vein_angle | medium or very steep |
leaf | secondary_vein_termination | brochidodromous or eucamptodromous |
leaf | secondary_vein_branching | not branched |
leaf | intersecondary_veins | absent or all less than half or few more than half |
leaf | tertiary_veins_above | raised or flat or sunken |
leaf | tertiary_vein_form | distinctly percurrent or 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 pellucid dots |
leaf | marginal_and_petiolar_glands | absent |
leaf | hairs_on_mature_leaf | absent or present |
leaf | hair_density | sparse or dense |
inflor | inflorescence | multiple |
inflor | inflorescence_position | leaf-opposed or branch or trunk |
inflor | inflorescence_axis | single point or unbranched or branched |
inflor | specialized_inflorescence_units | present |
inflor | type_of_inflorescence_unit | heads or umbels |
flower | numerous_persistant_floral_bracts | present |
flower | floral_sexuality | at least some unisexual |
flower | floral_oecy | dioecious |
flower | peduncle | present |
flower | flower_size | microscopic or to about 0.5 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 | 0-6 |
male | stamen_number | 9-12 |
male | stamen_filaments | present |
male | stamen_fascicling | all free |
male | stamen_adnation | free |
male | stamen_size | equal sizes |
male | stamen_mery | more but not a perianth whorl multiple |
male | anther_locule_number | 4 |
male | anther_adornment | not awned |
male | anther_dehiscence | valves |
female | ovary_position | superior |
female | carpel_arrangement | solitary |
female | carpel_number | 1 |
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 | in or on a fleshy perianth |
fruit | fruit_wings | absent |
seed | seed_number_and_multiple | 1 |
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 |
seed | seed_endosperm | absent |
info | field_characters | inflorescence enclosed by involucral bracts; dioecious; anthers four celled and all introrse; perianth much enlarged and covering all or part of the fruit |