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Key to Drypetes

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1 Ovaries 1-carpellate; drupes 15-20 mm long, white at maturity, the endocarp 1-2 mm thick and bony (fruits long-persistent and conspicuous); stamens 8 (10); leaf apices rounded to obtuse (or rarely acute and then not abruptly so); buds glabrous, resinous
1 stigmas 2; drupes 10-13 mm long, red-orange at maturity, the endocarp 0.5 mm thick, brittle (fruits rarely seen); stamens 4 (-5); leaf apices abruptly acute to acuminate; buds hairy, not resinous