MASTER KEY- TREES OF MONTEVERDE
T-shaped hairs, stipules sometimes on petiole, nectar glands on leaf blade
Malpighiaceae
Orange layer in bark, leaf thick and pointed, long petiole
Hippocrateaceae (Salacia)
Leaf rounded and stiff, petiole very short
Alzateaceae (Alzatea)
Large obovate leaves 3 per node, sort swollen petiole, twigs with sharp ridges, Atlantic slope
Vochysiaceae (Vochysia)
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