Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Conservation International RAP Survey 
9996 Piperaceae 
Piper rodatzii K. Schum. & Laut. 
New Ireland; near junction of Weitin and Niagara Rivers, lowland 
rainforest at elev. c. 240 m; vicinity of transect 1, colls, near 4° 30.210’ S, 
152° 56’ 242” E. 
with sequence starting 9904; climber, entirely glabrous; branchlets 
green, nodose, swollen above the petiole insertion; stipules caducous, ca 
2 cm long; leaves alternate, subdistichous, herbaceous to 
subcoriaceous, adaxially dark dull green, veins impressed, abaxialiy light 
green with raised veins, lamina elliptic-ovate, typical 13.5 x 8.5 cm, 
shortly acuminate, base rounded (never cordate); petiole ca 1 cm, 
shorter than peduncle, weakly flattened on upper side; spikes leaf- 
opposed, ca 10 cm long (incl. 2 cm peduncle), 3^4 mm wide (wet 
measurement), densely bracteate, bracts rounded. 
coll. W. Takeuchi & J. Wiakabu 9996 
date: Jan., 1994 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Conservation International RAP Survey 
9997 Apocynaceae 
Cerbera manghas L. 
New Ireland; near junction of Weitin and Niagara Rivers, lowland 
rainforest at elev. c. 240 m; vicinity of transect 1, colls, centered on lat. 4 
deg. 30.210’ S x long. 152 deg. 56’ 242” E. 
with 9904 et seq.; 10 m tree at edge of Weitin riverbed, common; 
lactiferous, entirely glabrous; branchlets terete, rather robust; leaves 
spiral, conferted near the apices, coriaceous, adaxially dark glossy green 
x abaxialiy shiny lighter green, lamina linear-elliptic, typical blade 25 x 6.75 
cm, apex acuminate, margin somewhat undulate, base acute; lateral 
venation approx. 15 main pairs, intervening veins present, irregularly 
areolate, costa embossed above, all main veins raised beneath; petiole 3- 
4 cm, flattened on upper side; inflorescence terminal, paniculiform, 
branching only near the peduncle, ascending, c. 20 cm long, rachises 
annulate and green; flowers crowded at the top, subtended by large ovate 
bracts to 23 mm long, bracts caducous; calyx spreading, essentially free, 
sepals 5, oblanceolate and apiculate, aglandular; corolla white, 
salverform, c. 3 cm long, tube slightly widening at the top, limb patent, 5 
lobes, subovate, turned to the left, throat with a raised and hairy rim; 
anthers below the rim in a pinwheel configuration, each anther alternating 
with a scale attached to the rim and covered with hairs on its margin, 5 
antheriferous ridges extending downward on the inner surface of the tube, 
the interior with scattered coarse hairs; stigma capitate, warty, contiguous 
with the anthers; drupes single or paired, ellipsoid, c. 7 x 4.5 cm, pericarp 
turning reddish-purple when ripe. 
fruits bottled, at A. 
coll. W. Takeuchi & J. Wiakabu 9997 
date: Jan., 1994 
det.: WT 
sent previously to HUH 
