KEY A: LEAVES PUBESCENT (Master key)

1. Base of leaf blade revolute and extending onto the petiole making petiole hard to define, leaves small-reaching 6-14 cm long ... 2

2. Leaves elliptic with acute tip, with dense appressed hairs and often gray-green below, lateral
veins 5-7, blades 8-14 cm, Pacific slope below cloud forest ... Ocotea monteverdensis

2. Leaves obovate with blunt tip, sparse appressed hairs below and never gray-green, lateral veins 3-4, blades 3-5 cm, treelet to large diameter tree, cloud forest ... Ocotea austinii

1. Base of blade not revolute, petiole distinct from blade, leaves large- reaching 15-25 cm ... 3

3. Lateral veins 10-12, petioles 2-5 cm, blades often soft pubescent above, base truncate to cordate ... 4

4. Mature leaves densely soft pubescent above, blades oblong with acute tip and obtuse to rounded base, petioles 2-3 cm, dry Pacific slope ... Ocotea sinuata

4. Mature leaves becoming glabrous above, blades nearly round with truncate to cordate base and blunt tip, petioles 3-5 cm, cloud forest ... Persea schiedeana

3. Lateral veins 6-9, petioles 2 cm or less, blades pubescent mainly on veins above, base of blade obtuse to acute ... 5

5. Petioles long (1-3 cm), dense orange-brown minute hairs carpeting blade below ... Pleurothyrium palmanum

5. Petioles 0.5-1 cm ... 6

6. Stiff erect beige hairs on blade below, blades usually obovate, wind-exposed Pacific wet forest and commonly on Atlantic slope ... Ocotea valeriana

6. Soft erect red-brown hairs on blade below, blades often almost round, Pacific slope canyons and sheltered wet forest and rarely on Atlantic slope ... Ocotea gomezii