MASTER KEY- TREES OF MONTEVERDE

Twigs angular, grooved or asymmetric in cross-section, some with aromatic odor or translucent dots

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Lauraceae (Beilschmiedia, Persea)

Twigs not grooved, lateral veins often inconspicuous, petiole and midvein often reddish

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Nyctaginaceae (Guapira, Neea)

Petiole short with swollen base, oblanceolate leaves bunched at twig tips, apex blunt

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Proteaceae (Panopsis)

Inconspicuous teeth, sympodial branching, coarse simple hairs and often stellate hairs, some with folded leaf base

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Clethraceae (Clethra)

Margin entire, sympodial branching

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Boraginaceae (Cordia)

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