Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10174 Rubiaceae 
Psychotria micrococca (Laut. & Schumann) Val. 
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. 350’ (c. 105 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E 
long. 
near 10172 et seq.; understory shrub; twigs slender and terete; 
stipules triangular, fugacious; leaves opposite, glabrous, subfleshy, 
adaxial surface dark dull green x abaxially yellow-green; lamina elliptic, 
typical blade 23.5 cm x 6.5 cm; infructescence terminal, diffuse, 
paniculiform, primary rachides verticellate, all axes pale green; fruits 
blue-green becoming white when mature; pyrenes black. 
Waskuk name = ‘apogo suaraga,’ (name provided by Abraham of the 
gala clan; members of the glei clan give the tokples name as ‘apgo 
sevaraka.’ The wood is used in house construction. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-0936-A, -0937-C, -0938-F, -0939-G, - 
0940-H; corresponding to BR, RT+RTWD+SWD, SWD, 
LF+FR+RTWD, SBK+BR; 4 herbarium duplicates distributed through 
NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10174 
(= Regalado no. 1407) 
date: June 26, 1995 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10175 Moraceae 
Ficus 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. 500’ (152 m); near 4 deg. ITS lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E 
long. 
subcanopy treelet, _10 m height, unbuttressed, lactiferous; wood light 
brown; twigs slender, terete, glabrous; stipules inconspicuous, 
acuminate, falling early; leaves alternate, firm, glabrous, adaxial 
surface dark glossy green x abaxially yellow-green, underleaf cystoliths 
papillate; figs globose, solitary or two together; peduncle nodding, 
concolorous with the fig, bracteate; receptacle glossy yellow-green. 
figs bottled. 
Waskuk name = ‘merdong;’ used only as a firewood. Said to burn 
unattended for long periods of time and thus useful for carrying a fire 
between sites. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-0941-1, -0942- J, -0943-K, -0944-L, -0945- 
M, -0946-N; corresponding to LF, BR, SBK, SWD+LF, RTWD, 
FR+RTBK; 6 herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10175 
(= Regalado no. 1408) 
date: June 26, 1995 
det.: WT 
