Character;"Marijordaania filiformis";"Maytenus cordata";"Maytenus acuminata";"Maytenus abbottii"
Habit;"Semi-scandent shrub or slender tree to 6 m";"Erect shrub or slender tree to 4 m";"Erect shrub or tree to 15 m";"Erect shrub, occasionally semi-scandent, rarely a slender tree to 4 m"
"Elastic threads (gutta-percha; trans-1,4-polyisoprene)";Absent;Present;Present;Present
Inflorescences;"Peduncles with 1- or 2(3)-flowered cymes";"Peduncles with 2–10-flowered cymes";"Peduncles with 2–20-flowered cymes; rarely fasciculate";"Peduncles with 1–4 abbreviated racemes"
"Pedicels (length)";"(20–)35–40(–45) mm";"5–12(–20) mm";"5–10(–14) mm";"5–10(–12) mm"
"Pedicels (articulation)";"Ca 0.5 mm above the base";"1–2.5 mm above the base";"2–4 mm above the base";"At the base"
"Flowers (merosity)";5-merous;5-merous;5-merous;4-merous
"Flowers (predominant colour)";Pink-red;"Pale green";"Cream or white, often tinged pink, rarely pink-red";"White or cream, occasionally tinged pale pink"
"Disc (presence)";Present;Present;Present;"Obscure (absent?)"
"Disc (morphology)";"Fleshy, divided into 5 discoid subunits (lobes), the latter convex below filaments";"Fleshy, discoid, concave, not subdivided";"Fleshy, discoid, concave, not subdivided";"No distinct disc; perhaps represented by a narrow strip of tissue around the base of the style"
"Stamens (insertion)";"Filaments arising from centre of disc lobes";"Under margin of disc";"Under margin of disc";"Filaments flattened and widening towards base to form a staminal tube"
"Ovary (number of locules)";5;(1–)3;3;2–4
"Seeds (postchalazal vascular bundles)";Absent;Absent;Absent;Present
"Aril (colour)";White;Orange;Orange;White
"Aril (surface)";"Glabrous, sparsely puberulent towards base";Glabrous;Glabrous;Puberulent