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Key to Myrtaceae

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Show caption*© Keith Bradley 1 Leaf venation parallel; leaves alternate or opposite; fruit dry, capsular; [subfamily Myrtoideae; tribe Melaleuceae]  Melaleuca

Show caption*© Eric Keith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eric Keith 1 Leaf venation pinnate; leaves opposite; fruit fleshy (or dry in Eucalyptus).

Show caption*© Eric Keith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eric Keith   2 Fruit dry, a capsule; [subfamily Myrtoideae; tribe Eucalypteae]

3 Twigs and mature leaves hirsute  Corymbia torelliana

3 Twigs and mature leaves glabrous  Eucalyptus

2 Fruit fleshy, a berry or drupe-like; [subfamily Myrtoideae; tribe Myrteae].

4 Lower leaf surface white- or yellowish-tomentose; corolla rose  Rhodomyrtus tomentosa var. tomentosa

4 Lower leaf surface glabrous or pubescent (but not white tomentose); corolla white.

5 Inflorescence a panicle, with 2× or more orders of branching.

6 Calyx circumscissile (with a lid); petals absent  Myrcia

6 Calyx not circumscissile; petals present.

7 Fruit black, (4-) 6-8 mm long, (1-) 2 (-3)-seeded; leaf apex obtuse  Pimenta dioica

7 Fruit purple-black, 15-20 mm long, 1-seeded; leaf apex acute to acuminate  Syzygium

5 Inflorescence of a solitary flower or a few-flowered dichasium or raceme.

8 Fruit a many-seeded berry, 6-60 mm in diameter.

9 Fruit 6-10 mm in diameter; leaves 1-5 cm long; perianth 4-merous  Mosiera longipes

9 Fruit 20-60 mm in diameter; leaves 4-14 cm long; perianth (4-) 5-merous  Psidium

8 Fruit with 1 (-2) seeds, drupelike, 6-12 mm in diameter.

10 Inflorescence a raceme or flowers solitary or fascicled  Eugenia

10 Inflorescence a cyme  Myrcianthes fragrans