Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
9318 Cucurbitaceae 
Trichosanthes schlechteri Harms 
Morobe province; Atzera Range, lowland forest near the 9-11 mile 
settlement, foothill forest, <300 m elev. 
herbaceous liane; stems green, angulate, farinose, tendrillate; tendrils 
leaf-opposed, simple or 2-fid; leaves alternate, spiral, exstipulate, 
glabrous, thickly herbaceous, adaxially dark green x abaxially pale green; 
petiole channelled above, somewhat papillose when dry; lamina hastate; 
venation unicostate from a basal nervation, pinnativeined, c. 4-7 laterals 
from the costa, straight then closing by supramedial arches, reticulate, 
areoles with the included veinlets capitate on the adaxial surface; fruit not 
seen; inflorescence axillary, racemose, pedunculate, all axes glabrous, 
bracts foliaceous with incised margins; flowers ?white and yellow, 
dichlamydeous; calyx gamosepalous, tube long and narrow, widening at 
the top, glabrous, limb of 5 linear lobes, the lobes entire; corolla deeply 
cleft, 5-partite, hairy. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 9318 
date: Jan., 1994 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
9319 Menispermaceae 
Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers 
var. discolor (Bl.) Forman 
Morobe province; Atzera Range, lowland forest near the 9-11 mile 
settlement, foothill forest, <300 m elev. 
climber; stems slender, pubescent, the hairs somewhat crisped; leaves 
alternate, papyraceous, adaxial side light green and glabrous x abaxially 
glaucescent and puberulous; lamina ovate, broadly triangular, to 17.5 cm 
x 13.5 cm but usually smaller, apex acuminate, margin entire, base 
rounded; petiole peltately inserted, to c. 10 cm long, puberulous; fruits not 
seen; inflorescence axillary, compound umbelliform, c. 10 cm long, mostly 
solitary, lax, pedunculate, all axes crisped pubescent, bracteate, the 
bracts filiform; flowers light green, heterogamous (coll, female), sp. 
dioecious. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 9319 
date: Jan., 1994 
det.: WT 
