Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Conservation International New Ireland RAP Survey 
9993 Zingiberaceae 
Alpinia oceanica Burk, 
cf. 9988 
New Ireland; near the junction of the Niagara and Weitin River (site 2); 
mature lowland rainforest, in and around transect 1; elev. 240 m, 
centered on coordinates 152 deg 56’ 242” E x 4 deg. 30.210’ S. 
with coll sequence starting Archidendron 9904; understory herb; leaves 
distichous, thick herbaceous to coriaceous, glabrate or glabrous 
throughout, glossy dark green above, abaxially dull light green; lamina 
elliptic-oblong, typical 49 cm x 14 cm, acute at both ends, base 
subsessile on the sheath; sheaths open on the opposite side, puberulent 
at least on the ligule; ligules rounded, yellowish-brown, 2-fid; 
inflorescence terminal, racemose, nodding, 12 cm long, pedunculate, 
axes puberulent, mostly obscured by conspicuous spathaceous bracts; 
bracts: shortly hairy, dull red, persisting; flowers white. 
coll: W. Takeuchi & J. Wiakabu 9993 
date: January 1994 
det.: WT 
sent previously to HUH 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Conservation International New Ireland RAP Survey 
9995 Asclepiadaceae 
Dischidia sp. 
New Ireland; near the junction of the Niagara and Weitin River (site 2); 
mature lowland rainforest, in and around transect 1; elev. 240 m, centered 
on coordinates 152° 56’ 242” E x 4° 30.210’ S. 
with coll sequence starting Archidendron 9904; adhesive climber 
appressed to tree trunks; stems lactiferous, terete, slender, somewhat 
tuberculate and with arcuate hairs; leaves opposite, fleshy incrassate, 
surface pinnately ridged, nitid green, glabrous; lamina elliptic-ovate, typical 
blade 30 mm x 19 mm, apex apiculate, margin entire, base rounded; 
petiole ca. 3 mm with hairs like the stem; inflorescence axillary, 
racemiform, axial length ca. 0.5 cm; peduncle distally bracteate, hairs like 
the stem; flowers few, glabrous; calyx 5-fid; corolla urceolate, ca. 7.5 mm 
long, globose at the base, segments 5, erect, acute; follicles single or 
paired, ca. 42 mm x 4 mm, slender, slightly compressed, tapering to the 
apex, surfaces purple-green and glabrous. 
flowers bottled. 
coll: W. Takeuchi & J. Wiakabu 9995 
date: January 1994 
