KEY TO THE VARIETIES

1	Leaves and branches glabrous. Receptacle inside more or less puberulous. Sepals c. 1 mm long. Capsules (sub)globose. Crypteronia paniculata var. paniculata
1'	Leaves at least beneath, and young twigs puberulous. Receptacle inside tomentose. Sepals ¼-½ (-¾) mm long. Capsules (sub) globose to obovoid Crypteronia paniculata var. affinis