Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10158 Arecaceae/Palmae 
Licuala sp. 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills, buttress ridge above Garuka 
village (from the foot track towards Waskuk), mature growth in 
Crestline forest, elev. 400’ altimeter (c. 120 m); near 4 deg. 1 1' S lat. x 
142 deg. 44’ E long. 
erect understory palm to 4 m height; stem isodiametric, dbh 3 cm; 
crown shaft lacking; petiole 195 cm; leaves firm, flabellate. 
Waskuk name = ‘noksar.’ The leaves are used to fence and decorate 
the hausboi. Stems are worked into bows for hunting. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10158 
(= Regalado no. 1399) 
date: June 25, 1995 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10159 Begoniaceae 
Begonia sp. 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills, foot track between Langu and 
Garuka villages, alluvial forest at 100’ elev. (30 m); near 4 deg. IT S 
lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E long. 
common in edge situations; wayside herb usually <1’ height; stems 
succulent, reddish, all parts setose, the bristles generally red; leaves 
papyraceous (becoming membranous after drying from the alcohol 
field-pack), rugose, adaxial surface dark green x abaxially glaucescent 
with reddish veins. 
Waskuk name = ‘apuar;’ (apu-ar, with long u on the pronunciation). 
Recorded from previous expedition. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10159 
date: June 25, 1995 
