Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10157 Zingiberaceae 
Hornstedtia scottiana (F.v.M.) K. Schum. 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills, buttress ridge above Garuka village 
(from the foot track towards Waskuk), advanced regrowth in foothill 
forest, elev. 350’ altimeter (c. 105 m); near 4 deg. ITS lat. x 142 deg. 
44’ E long. 
soboliferous and rhizomatous herb, common in flatland and hill forest; 
stems 3 - 4 m length, assurgent or leaning, bulbous at the base; leaves 
alternate, distichous, papyraceous, green; sheath with an obtuse ligule 
at the top; inflorescence emerging at ground level, fusiform; involucral 
bracts firm, red on the margins becoming white towards the center; 
flowers red. 
flowers bottled; waskuk name and use not recorded. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-0898-L, -0899-M; corresponding to stem, 
LF+RT+inflorescence; 1 herbarium duplicate distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10157 
(= Regalado no. 1397) 
date: June 25, 1995 
det.: WT 
