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Show caption*© Joseph Aubert, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Joseph Aubert 1 Leaf blades serrate; inflorescences 3-5-flowered; stoloniferous shrub to 0.4 m tall  Ardisia japonica

1 Leaf blades crenate or entire; inflorescences 5-18+-flowered; nonstoloniferous shrubs or trees, 1-15 m tall.

Show caption*© Lewis, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Lewis   2 Leaf margins crenate; fruit red when ripe  Ardisia crenata

2 Leaf margins entire; fruits black or dark purple when ripe.

Show caption*© Keith Bradley     3 Branchlets glabrous; inflorescences umbels or subumbels, borne on lateral branches or axillary  Ardisia elliptica

Show caption*© Mary Keim, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)     3 Branchlets with red papillae and sometimes also with hairs; inflorescences panicles of racemes, borne terminally  Ardisia escallonioides