Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10124 Dilleniaceae 
Tetracera lanuginosa Diels 
East Sepik Province, lowland foothill forest on the ridge and slopes 
above Garuka village, elev. c. 300 m, near 4° 11’ S, 142° 44' E. 
with 10119; woody climber on canopy trees at the coll site, brought 
down from felling of Zizyphus 10119; stems crustaceous, fuscous, 
terete, indumentum patent, of two types: 1. laxly hirsute and 2. more 
crowded and shorter stellately grouped hairs; leaves alternate, 
spirally placed, papery and brittle, scabrous, stiffly hairy on both 
surfaces, adaxially medium dull green, rugose x abaxially light 
green, lamina mostly elliptic, obtuse at both ends, typical blade 11 
cm x 5.75 cm (at least 2x larger on sterile juveniles); petiole 1.5 cm, 
narrowly channelled above, provided with 2-3 mm straight-spreading 
hairs; venation pinnatinerved, laterals equispaced, approx. 10-15 
pairs, arcuate, not closing, reticulate with fine crossbarring directed 
nearly perpendicular to the midrib, all veins impressed above, 
prominent below; flowers terminal on lateral branches, 2-3 together, 
perianth hirsute; stamens numerous; carpels mostly 2, ovoid, laxly 
hirsute; fruits 13 mm x 6 mm, ovoid and rostrate, rostellum c. 2-3 
mm, exocarp with persisting 2 mm-long hairs. 
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One flower bottled in alcohol. 
Waskuk name-wanuarfok.’ No use reported. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 10124 
date: August 22, 1 994 
det. WT 
