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Plant
habit
trees
shrubs
vines / lianas
herbaceous
cactus-like / succulents
longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
sap
latex absent (sap clear)
latex present
Leaves
arrangement/phyllotaxy
alternate
opposite
fascicled/clustered along stem
blade division
all simple
some or all fully compound
leaf attachment
sessile or nearly so
leaf stalk (petiole) clearly present
winged petiolate
stipules
stipules absent
stipules or their scars present
leaf(let) apex
acuminate
acute
obtuse
mucronate/cuspidate
emarginate
leaf (leaflet) margin
entire
toothed
lobed
broadest point of leaf (leaflet)
broadest above middle
broadest at middle
broadest below middle
Inflorescence
plant sexuality
monoecious
dioecious
bisexual flowers
Flower
principal flower color
white or cream
purple
green
yellow
orange
red
pink
brown
inconspicuous
ovary position
sepals/petals attached above middle of ovary (inferior or partly inferior ovary)
sepals/petals attached below middle of ovary (ovary superior)
Fruit or Cone
fruit consistency at maturity
dry/leathery
fleshy