Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10130 Myristicaceae 
Myristica (near subalulata Miq.) 
East Sepik Province, near Garuka village; margin of Metroxylon 
swamp, elev. 50 m, near 4° 11’ S, 142° 44’ E. 
small tree 10-15 m height; twigs cylindrical, mostly with raised lines 
between the petioles but not actually developed into wings, some 
twigs weakly inflated and inhabited by ants, apical parts orange- 
brown lepidote; leaves alternate, distichous, exstipulate, coriaceous, 
adaxial surface shining medium green, glabrous x abaxially yellow 
green and scaly (but the indumentum not easily removed); lamina 
linear-elliptic, larger blades c. 39.5 cm x 13 cm, apex acuminate, 
margin entire, base rounded to emarginate; petiole 3 cm, distinctly 
grooved on the upper side, the channel with slightly raised borders; 
leaf venation pinnate, laterals about 16-20 pairs, somewhat straight 
then abruptly arcuate at the margin, closing or not, often decurrent 
on the costa, reticulum faint, the primary intercostals forming 
crossbars, main veins prominulous above, more prominent below; 
flowers not seen; fruits infrafoliar from woody knobs 2 cm long, 
sometimes axillary, solitary or several together in a congested 
cluster, each fruit ellipsoid or ovoid with a rounded base (when 
mature), to 40 mm x 26 mm, bivalved, apiculate, exocarp minutely 
hairy, orange-brown, seed single, the aril orange-red and laciniate. 
Ethnobotanical data not recorded. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 10130 
date: August 24, 1994 
det. WT 
