The magnified views of a twig and the under surface of a leaf showing dense hairs with a swollen tip with sticky material.

Early stage seedlings does not have toothed leaf blade. In the picture with 3 seedlings in the same pot, one of them belonged to Peperomia pellucida.

Some websites and publications continued to indicate the family of this tree as Elaeocarpaceae. The assignment to Elaeocarpaceae might be true before 1998. Post 1998, the tree was assigned to the family Muntingiaceae [1].

Reference:

[1] Bayer C, Chase MW, Fay MF. Muntingiaceae, a new family of dicotyledons with Malvalean affinities. Taxon 1998;47(1):37-42. | Abtract |