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Key to Dodonaea

Sapindaceae

Dodonaea

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1 Fruit 0.8-1.0 cm wide (including the wings); fruit wing 2-4 mm wide; fruit wings adnate to style (therefore the incision on the top of the fruit not reaching the fruit body); leaves coriaceous, (2.5-) 3.5-5.0 (-8.0) cm long, mostly 2-3× as long as broad, the broadest point well past the midpoint of the blade
1 Fruit 1.2-2.5 cm wide (including the wings); fruit wing 3.5-6 mm wide; fruit wings free from the style (therefore the incision on the top of the fruit reaching the fruit body); leaves (4-) 6-15 cm long, mostly 2.5-12× as long as broad, the broadest point at or somewhat beyond the midpoint of the blade.
  2 Fruits 1.2-1.6 cm wide (including the wings); fruits variously (2-) 3 (-4)-carpellate/winged, reddish (especially the wings); flowers primarily unisexual and often also dioecious; anthers (1.5-) 2-3 mm long; fruit bodies conspicuously glandular; leaves (4-) 6-9 (-12.5) cm long, 3-6.5 (-12)× as long as wide; plant a shrub
  2 Fruits 1.5-2.5 cm wide (including the wings); fruits 2-carpellate/winged (rarely 3-carpellate/winged), tan or brownish; flowers bisexual; anthers 1.1-1.7 mm long; fruit bodies sparsely glandular; leaves (5-) 7-15 cm long, 2.25-4× as long as wide; plant a large shrub or normally tree-like