KEY TO THE SUBSPECIES

1	Lower leaf surface with dense persistent indumentum. Androphore minutely pubescent in the lower half. Myristica lepidota subsp. lepidota
1'	Lower leaf surface early glabrescent, indumentum scarce, minute. Androphore glabrous or at base with few pale hairs less than 0.1 mm. Myristica lepidota subsp. montanoides