KEY TO THE SUBSPECIES

1	Main stem at base not or hardly thickened, 2-3 cm thick. Leaf blades of (fertile) upper branches 3-foliolate. Fruit c. 2.5 cm long. — SW Sulawesi, Seram, Vogelkop Peninsula Neoalsomitra schefferiana subsp. schefferiana
1'	Main stem at base swollen, 5-10 cm thick. Leaf blades of (fertile) upper branches 3- or 5-foliolate. Fruit 1.5-2 cm long. — Timor, Alor Is. Neoalsomitra schefferiana subsp. podagrica