Meliosma lepidota subsp. dolichomischa (J.E.Vidal) Beusekom

Leaves elliptic to oblong, 4-22 by 2-10 cm, entire, base mostly attenuate, apex usually cuspidate, glabrous or subglabrous, nerves 7-13 pairs, petiole (1—)3—10 cm. Panicles axillary or ramiflorous, solitary or a few together, 6-25 cm, rather poor and lax, ramified up to the 2nd or 3rd order; primary (essentially secondary!) side-axes up to c. 10 cm. Mature buds 2.5-3 mm diam. Inner petals lanceolate, c. 2.5 mm, entire, hooding over the stamens, glabrous. Endocarp as in subsp. lepidota.

Primary montane rain-forest, c. 1200-1500 m altitude.