Daphniphyllum himalense (Bentham) Müller Argoviensis var. longeracemosum (K. Rosenthal) T. C. Huang.

Trees, 12-20 m tall; branchlets stout, lenticellate. Petiole 5-7 cm; leaf blade oblong-elliptic, 16-26 × 6-9 cm, chartaceous, neither glaucous nor papillate abaxially, shining adaxially, base broadly cuneate, apex acute; lateral veins 12-14 pairs, prominent abaxially. Male flowers: inflorescence ca. 4 cm; pedicel ca. 5 mm; calyx absent; stamens 10-16; filaments ca. 1 mm; anthers ovate, ca. 1.2 mm. Female flowers: inflorescence 6-7 cm; pedicel ca. 5 mm; calyx absent; ovary ellipsoidal, ca. 2 mm, glaucous; style branches recurved or circinate. Infructescence 10-16 cm, erect; drupe ellipsoidal, 15-20 × ca. 8 mm, tuberculate, glaucous; style branches persistent. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Aug-Nov.

Dense forests; 100-1800 m. S Guangxi, SE Yunnan [N Vietnam].