Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Conservation International RAP Survey 
9998 Meliaceae 
Vavaea amicorum Benth. 
New Ireland; near junction of Weitin and Niagara Rivers, lowland 
rainforest atelev. c. 240 m; vicinity of transect 1, colls, near 4° 30.210’ S, 
152° 56’ 242” E. 
with sequence starting 9904; subarborescent on forest margin; 
branchlets terete, woody to the apex, shortly hairy at summit, abscission 
scars crateriform; leaves spiral, crowded, papery to herbaceous, glabrate 
or puberulent near the base, adaxially dark dull green, abaxially light 
green; lamina oblanceolate-obovate, typical 23.5 x 11.25 cm, acuminate, 
margin entire or weakly undulate, base acute; petiole to 2 cm, swollen at 
base, puberulous; lateral veins ca 12 main pairs, arcuate at margins, 
closing by loops or not, evenly spaced, reticulated, major veins 
embossed above, prominulous below; inflorescence axillary, 
paniculiform, to ca 5 cm, pedunculate (3 cm), axes puberulent, 
bracteate; flowers white and obtuse in bud, puberulent throughout, 
perianth pentamerous, at anthesis the calyx yellow-green, minutely 
toothed; corolla choripetalous, petals oblongish, yellow, corniculate, 
obliquely spreading, bifacially puberulent; stamens 12 (6 + 6), 6 long 
ones alternating with 6 shorter ones, filaments fused into a sheetlike ring 
around the style, pilose mainly on the adaxial side; ovary half-superior, 
hairy; style simple, entirely hairy, stigma capitate, exserted beyond the 
anthers. 
coll. W. Takeuchi & J. Wiakabu 9998 
date: Jan., 1994 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Conservation International New Ireland RAP Survey 
9999 Gnetaceae 
Gnetum latifolium Bl. var. latifolium 
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; woody climber, glabrous; 
stems terete, dark brown with lighter pustulate lenticels, swollen at nodes; 
twigs green and terete; leaves opposite, exstipulate, coriaceous, adaxially 
shiny dark green, abaxially lighter green; lamina broadly elliptic, typical 
blade 14 cm x 7.75 cm, apex acute to acuminate, margins entire, base 
rounded; petiole c. 1.5 cm, adaxially flattened; venation pinnate, lateral 
veins 5-6 pairs, arcuate, closing or not, reticulate, irregularly areolate, 
major veins embossed above, prominulous beneath; infructescence 
infrafoliar, simple or sparingly ramifying, about 6 cm long, spikes annulate, 
axes green, swollen at the articulations; fruit broadly ellipsoid, typical 33 
mm x 17 mm (incl. 8 mm stalk), dull orange-yellow with slightly red apices, 
erostrate. 
seeds bottled. 
coll: W. Takeuchi & J. Wiakabu 9999 
det.: WT 
date: January 1994 
sent previously to HUH 
