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Key to Malpighia

Malpighiaceae

Malpighia

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1 Shrub to 1 m tall; leaf margins spinose; leaves mostly 1-1.5 cm long, 0.8-1.5 cm wide
1 Shrub, tree, or scandent liana to 6 (-10) m tall or long; leaf margins entire; leaves mostly 2-7.5 cm long, 1.5-4 cm wide.
  2 Leaf apices rounded, obtuse, or emarginate (notched); sepal glands 7-10
  2 Leaf apices acuminate (to acute); sepal glands 6 (very rarely 7-10, and then the 'extra' glands much reduced)