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Key to Xylosma

Salicaceae

Xylosma

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1 Leaves thickly coriaceous, venation obscure; leaf margin entire to toothed with 1-3 divergent spines or coarse teeth; pedicel glabrous
1 Leaves membranous to subcoriaceous, with evident reticulate venation; leaf margin crenate; pedicel glabrous or puberulent.
  2 Leaf apex acuminate, acumen 5-10 mm long; leaf base obtuse to rounded; leaves ovate to ovate-elliptic; 3-4 pairs of prominent secondary veins; inflorescence a raceme; pedicels 1-3 mm, pubescent; [horticultural exotic]
  2 Leaf apex acute to rounded; leaf base attenuate to cuneate; leaves elliptic to obovate; 6-8 pairs of prominent secondary veins; inflorescence a fascicle or raceme; pedicels 2-5 (-8) mm, glabrous or puberulent; [TX]