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Elowers white; petals linear, less than in. long; fruits twinned . Ochrosia 
Flowers red, yellow, or white, with broad petals 
Leaves narrowly elliptic or lanceolate, dull green, 4-6 in. long; flowers 
red, pink, or white, solid color .Nerium 
Leaves glossy, broader, elliptic to obovate, up to 1 ft. long; flowers red 
and yellow, yellow and white, or varicolored ............ Plumeria 
Sap clear, watery 
Stems and twigs thorny; small tree Citrus 
Stems and twigs thornless 
Leaves cordate, more or less heart shaped 
Scandent shrub; leaves opposite; flowers yellow, in heads Wedelia 
Erect shrubs or trees; leaves alternate or spiral 
Flowers tubular, red or yellow; stamens joined in a column 
Flowers red; village shrub Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 
Flowers yellow with a maroon eye H. tiliaceus 
Flowers and stamens not as above 
Leaves with silvery hairs below; fruit a whitish fleshy berry . Pipturus 
Leaves smooth, hairless; fruit a black nut set in a green cup 
Hernandia 
Leaves not cordate or heart shaped 
Leaves narrow, elliptic to lanceolate, with tapering pointed tips 
Scandent shrubs; leaves opposite; flowers tubular, white, with pink 
exserted stamens Clerodendrum 
Erect shrubs or trees; flowers not as above 
Leaves opposite 
Trees; leaves smooth, hairless; flowers white to cream. . .Eugenia 
Shrubs; leaves with silver-green hairs below; flowers lavender or 
bluish Callicarpa 
Leaves alternate or spiral 
Leaves varicolored red, green, and yellow. .......... .Codiaeum 
Leaves green, not varicolored 
Shrubs, leaves paper thin 
Elowers yellow, not enclosed by bracts; sparsely branching 
weak shrub. Jussiaea 
Elowers white, enclosed by conspicuous pink or magenta 
bracts; branching shrub .Bougainvillea 
Trees; leaves thick to leathery. Bruguiera 
Leaves broad, ovate or obovate, or if narrow the tip blunt to obtuse-angled 
Leaves fleshy, lanceolate-obovate, 1-2 in. long; flowers yellow; twiggy 
shrub Suriana 
Not with the above combination of characters 
Leaves markedly obovate 
Flowers borne in spikes 
Fruit red, ovoid, keeled, slightly flattened, 1-seeded, ca. 1 in. 
long . Terminalia 
Fruit greenish-yellow, Eat, with 2 horns, 2-seeded, 14-M in. long 
Soulamea 
