KEY TO THE SUBSPECIES

1	Male inflorescences rather stout, peduncle broadly flattened, 1.5-2 mm wide. Fruits ± ellipsoid(-oblong), 4.5-6.5 by 2.5-3.5 cm, apex blunt, pseudostalk absent. Myristica cornutiflora subsp. cornutiflora
1'	Male inflorescences elegant, peduncle more slender, 1-1.5 mm wide. Fruits ± fusiform, 4.5-5.5 by 2(-2.5) cm, apex acute, pseudostalk present. Myristica cornutiflora subsp. elegans