Celastraceae (Maytenus, Perrottetia)
Flacourtiaceae (Casearia, Prockia, Xylosma)
Euphorbiaceae (Drypetes, Margaritaria, Phyllanthus)
Ochnaceae (Ouratea)
| MASTER KEY- TREES OF MONTEVERDE |
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| Thin orange layer immediately beneath bark surface, tiny triangular stipules
| Without orange layer, some with translucent dots and dashes, glandular teeth or spines
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| Leaf base often asymmetric, clear sap in petiole, obscure stipule scars
| Lateral veins strongly ascending with parallel intersecondary veins, blade narrow elliptic, yellow flowers
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