Beilschmiedia roxburghiana is the type species of the tree genus Beilschmiedia in the family Lauraceae. Its native range is from India and the Himalayas through mainland Indo-China to Peninsular Malaysia. In Vietnam it may be called chắp chại or bạch mi; no subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.
The species was described by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck in 1831.
References Nees von Esenbeck CGD (1831) In: Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 61