Rutaceae (Zanthoxylum)
Meliaceae (Guarea)
Sapindaceae (Exothea)
Meliaceae (Cedrela)
| MASTER KEY- TREES OF MONTEVERDE |
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| Aromatic odor (citrus), translucent dots (often restricted to leaflet margin), often with spines and crenate, yellow inner bark
| Rachis ending in a leaf bud, entire, 4-parted fruit capsule
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| Leaflets 2-6, narrow, a thread-like appendage at end of rachis, fruit fleshy
| Leafllets more than 6, pit domatia, garlic odor, without a terminal bud
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