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Artificial Key To Common Belukar Tree Species
A.Compound Leaves
B.Leaves palmate, usually 5 leaflets, middle leaflet largest, spear-shaped... Vitex pinnata
B.Leaves not palmate
C.Leaflets inverted triangular, tree is a palm... Caryota mitis
C.Leaflets large, oblong arranged in two rows, 12-14 pairs, fruit globose berries in umbels, leaves spirally arranged ... Arthrophyllum diversifolium
A.Simple Leaves
B.Large leaves (~30 cm length), veins thick and prominent, flowers yellow and showy, fruit star-shaped and splitting open to show red insides ... Dillenia suffruticosa
B.Leaves generally <30 cm long
C.3-5 prominent veins running from base to apex
D.Underside of leaves silvery-white ... Rhodamnia cinerea
D.Underside of leaves not white
E.Young leaves pink, flowers small on umbellate inflorescence ... Cinnamomum iners
E.Young leaves not pink, leaves narrow, purple flowers, fruit numerous-seeded and with deep-purple flesh ... Melastoma malabathricum
C.3-5 prominent veins not present
D.Underside of leaves white, sessile fruit borne on leaf axis ... Ficus grossularioides
D.Underside of leaves not white
E.Deeply fissured trunk, flowers fragrant, branches spreading ... Fagraea fragrans
E.No deep fissures on trunk
F.Intermarginal veins present, leaves coarse and waxy ... Eugenia sp.
F.No intermarginal veins
G.Leaves actually phylloclades, sickle-shaped, numerous small yellow flowers in sprays among phylloclades ... Acacia auriculiformis
G.Leaves not sickle-shaped, not phylloclades
H.Leaves spirally arranged
I.Leaves ~5 cm long, fruits small red berries along short stalks ... Myrica esculenta
I.Leaves 7-10 cm long, fruts dehiscing capsules ... Ploiarium alternifolium
H.Leaves alternate in two rows, cream-coloured small flowers ... Adinandra dumosa


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