A |
Glands on petiole or lamina |
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(a) |
Succulent leaves, adventitious roots, glands at
base of lamina (see drawing) |
Schlegelia sp. (Bignoniaceae) |
(b) |
Leaves not succulent, no adventitious roots, glands
on petiole |
Malpighiaceae |
|
B |
Latex |
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C |
Obscure venation and coriaceous / succulent leaves |
|
(a) |
Yellow / orange latex |
Clusiaceae |
(b) |
No latex, adventitious roots, glands at the base
of the lamina (see drawing) |
Schlegelia sp. (Bignoniaceae) |
|
D |
Interpetiolar stipules |
|
|
E |
Serrate leaves |
|
|
F |
Elastic strings in lamina (see drawing), strings more
conspiciuos in the midvein, sometimes difficult to see, often petiole
green contrasting with the stem and / or leaf underside olive green |
Hippocrateaceae |
G |
Conspiciuos hairs on lower side |
|
|
H |
Scabrous (rough) leaves |
|
(a) |
Rough on both sides |
|
(i) |
White latex |
Apocynaceae |
|
(ii) |
Leaves aromatic, veins 3-nerved from above base |
Mikania sp. (Asteraceae
(Compositae)) |
(b) |
Rough on lower side |
|
(i) |
Petiole grooved, twigs greyish, base of lamina
slightly asymmetric |
Petrea sp. (Verbenaceae) |
|
(ii) |
Petiole not grooved, distichious leaves, elastic
strings at least in mid-veins |
Prionostemma sp. (Hippocrateaceae) |
|
I |
Base of the stem nodes conspiciously swollen |
Gnetaceae |