Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10172 Lauraceae 
Actinodaphne of. nitida Teschn. 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills, buttress ridge above the foot track 
between Garuka and Langu, territory of the Amaki clan; hill forest at 
altimeter elev. 200-250’ (60-75 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 
44’ E long. 
15 m subcanopy tree, very common; bole unbuttressed; outer bark 
smooth, pale brown; inner bark and sapwood concolorously light 
yellow, unscented; twigs elongate, puberulent; leaves verticellate, 
somewhat firm, adaxial surface dark dull green x abaxially glaucous; 
lamina usually broadest above the middle, sparsely hairy on costae; 
inflorescence composed of fascicled umbels, axillary or (usually) not, 
greenish, entirely covered by short appressed hairs. 
Waskuk name = ‘marumb;’ employed in construction. The wood is 
said to burn while green and is thus desirable as firewood. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-0925-P, -0926-Q, -0927-R, -0928-S; 
corresponding to LF, TWD, RT, TBK+BR; 6 herbarium duplicates 
distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10172 
(= Regalado no. 1405) 
date: June 26, 1995 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10173 Lauraceae 
Cryptocarya sp. 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills, buttress ridge above the foot track 
between Garuka and Langu, territory of the Amaki clan; hill forest at 
altimeter elev. 200-250’ (60-75 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ 
E long. 
near Actinodaphne 10172; canopy tree; bark fragrant, thick, outer 
surface somewhat smooth, inner side reddish-brown; wood pale brown; 
twigs slender, terete, glabrous; leaves spiral, coriaceous, glabrescent, 
adaxially glossy dark green x glaucous beneath; lamina elliptic or 
lanceolate-elliptic, finely areolate; veins yellow; infructescence axillary 
or terminal, ramifying; fruits subglobose, glossy green, pericarp entire 
when fresh, collapsing on the ridged endocarp when dried, minute 
orifice present at the summit. 
Waskuk name = ‘marok,’ (pronounced with long o); the strong wood is 
used for building canoes and houses. Also preferred as a firewood for 
smoking meat. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-0929-T, -0930-U, -0931 -V, -0932-W, - 
0933-X, -0934-Y, -0935-Z; corresponding to TBK, TWD, LF, FR, BR, 
RTBK+RT, RTWD; 6 herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10173 
(= Regalado no. 1406) 
date: June 26, 1995 
det.: WT 
