Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10056 r Flacourtiaceae 
Erythrospermum candidum (Becc.) Becc. 
East Sepik Province, near Langu village, through the adjacent 
swampland and ascending the buttress ridge to the mountain above 
near 4° 1 1 ’ S, 142° 44' E. 
with 10055, 40 m elev.; 15 m tree in Metroxylon swamp, entirely 
glabrous, crown longitudinal; twigs subterete, smooth; leaves 
alternate, subdistichous, elenticellate, thick papery textured, brittle, 
both surfaces shining medium green, abaxially pellucid punctuiate 
on transmitted light, lamina mostly elliptic, sometimes broadest 
above the middle, typical blade 18 cm x 6.5 cm, apex acuminate, 
margin entire, base acute; venation pinnate, laterals generally 
about 8 pairs, obliquely spreading and arcuate, not closing, laxly 
anastomose, main veins embossed above, more raised below; 
petiole to 1.5 cm, flattened on upper side, transversely rugose, 
suberized; flowers not seen; infructescence pendulous, axillary! 
racemose, solitary or two together, to approx. 15 cm length, 
pedunculate, all axes glabrous or glabrescent, not noticeably 
bracteate, pedicels slender, 8 mm long, articulate at the fruit; fruits 
subglobose, 14 mm diameter, exocarp smooth, pale blue-green, at 
the summit mucronate or umbonate, pericarp with 3 dehiscence 
lines; seeds 3, red, angulate. 
Waskuk name=’mangara.’ Used as planting sticks for inserting taro 
plugs into prepared ground. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 10056 
date: August 16, 1994 
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