Piperaceae (Piper)
Erythroxylaceae (Erythroxylum)
Euphorbiaceae (Drypetes, Margaritaria, Phyllanthus)
Solanaceae- (Cestrum)
Rhamnaceae (Colubrina)
| MASTER KEY- TREES OF MONTEVERDE |
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| Spicy or aromatic odor, zig-zag twigs with swollen nodes, some with stipule fused to petiole, new twig opposite leaf
| Persistent brown intra-petiolar stipules (striated), wintergreen odor in twig, aestivation lines
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| Unequal leaf base, inconspicuous stipule scars, clear sap in petiole
| Stipules are leaf-like bracts, rank odor
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| Nectar glands at base of blade, petioles uniform length without pulvinus, Atlantic slope
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