Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10081 Verbenaceae 
Premna serratifolia L. 
East Sepik Province, vicinity of Langu village, alluvial forest on flood 
plain of the Sanchi tributary, Sepik River, elev. £40 m near 4° 11’ S 
142° 44’ E. ’ ,, ’ 
with 10075 et seq.; treelet on riverbank; twigs angulate, hairy; leaves 
opposite, exstipulate, herbaceous to papery, puberulent on veins, 
adaxially dark dull green x abaxially dull medium green, lamina 
ovate to subcordate, typical blade 16 cm x 11.5 cm, apex 
acuminate, margin subentire, base truncate to cordate; petiole c. 7 
cm, puberulent, subterete; venation pinnate, laterals c. 6 pairs, 
reticulum lax, somewhat irregular; flowers not seen; infructescence 
terminal, approx. 12 cm long, pedunculate, paniculate and 
corymbose, all axes hairy; drupes globose, black with a watery pulp 
pyrene solitary. 
Waskuk name not recorded. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 10081 
date: August 18, 1994 
det. WT 
