Learn how to notate complex data structures in native Perl code. 
use Data::Diver qw(DiveVal);
use Data::Dumper qw(Dumper);

my $out = {};
for my $nodes_ref (
    [qw(a b e d)],
    [qw(a b c f)],
    [qw(d h f)],
    [qw(d i g)],
) {
    my $leaf_value = pop @{ $nodes_ref };
    DiveVal($out, @{ $nodes_ref }) = $leaf_value;
}
print Dumper $out;

__END__

{
    a => {
        b => {
            c => 'f',
            e => 'd',
        }
    },
    d => {
        h => 'f',
        i => 'g',
    },
}

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