The knowledge of morphological characters of seedlings is very important to laboratory studies, to seedlings production in nursery and to evaluate the natural regeneration, aiding to recognize and identify the species. The objectives of this study were to describe and illustrate the external morphological aspects of seedlings of trema (Trema micrantha (L) Blum.) - ULMACEAE, to taxonomy identifying. The method used was efficient to promote the recognizing of species by external characters, aiding to evaluation in laboratory, identify the species in nursery and to natural regeneration studies. Aspects like germination phaneroctyl and philotaxy modification of first leaves were the most important.
Trema micrantha; morphology; germination
