1	"Leaves clustered in terminal rosettes; branches usually with spurs (short shoots) carrying the leaf rosettes"	2
1	"Leaves not clustered in terminal rosettes; branches without spurs or, if spurs present, leaves distributed along them"	4
2	"New branches growing from buds well below the terminal leaf rosettes, causing an arching growth form for branches and branchlets"	"Mimusops somaliensis"
2	"New branches from terminal or subterminal buds among the leaves, not causing and arching growth form for branches and branchlets"	3
3	"Flowering and fruiting pedicels shorter than petioles of their subtending leaf; 1(-4) flower buds in each axil"	"Mimusops laurifolia"
3	"Flowering and fruiting pedicels as long as or longer than the petiole of their subtending leaf; usually many flower buds in each axil"	"Mimusops angel"
4	"Flowering and fruiting pedicels shorter than the petiole of the subtending leaf; 1(-4) flower buds in each axil"	"Mimusops laurifolia"
4	"Flowering and fruiting pedicels as long as or longer than the petiole of their subtending leaf; usually many flower buds in each axil"	"Mimusops obtusifolia"