Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10184 Caesalpiniaceae 
Maniltoa cf. megalocephala Harms 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills, buttress ridge above the foot track 
between Garuka and Langu, territory of the Gala clan; hill forest at 
altimeter elev. 300’ (c. 90 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E 
long. 
subcanopy treelet; generally restricted to the hill forest; bark reddish- 
brown, wood stramineous; leaves alternate, paripinnate, about 4- 
jugate, glabrous, papery, adaxial surface dark green x slightly lighter 
beneath; leaflets emarginate, asymmetrically costate, base oblique and 
auriculiform; inflorescence a congested raceme. 
flowers bottled. 
Waskuk name = ’upsomb;’ has same applications as Maniloa sp. 
10185. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-0956-X, -0957-Y, -0958-Z, -0959-A, -0960- 
C; corresponding to LF, BR, SBK, SWD, RT+RTWD+BR; 4 herbarium 
duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10184 
(= Regalado no. 1412) 
date: June 27, 1995 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10185 Caesalpiniaceae 
Maniltoa schefferi K. Schum. & Hollrung 
var. schefferi 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills, buttress ridge above the foot track 
between Garuka and Langu, territory of the Gala clan; hill forest at 
altimeter elev. 300’ (c. 90 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E 
long. 
subcanopy treelet growing next to Maniltoa 10184 (but a different 
species); bark thin, fibrose, pale brown; wood dense and stramineous; 
leaves paripinnate, 2- or 3-jugate, glabrous; leaflets papery, bullate, 
adaxial surface dark green x abaxially medium green, base subequal 
not auriculate; fruits compressed, stipitate, dull brown. 
Waskuk name = ‘saik upsomb.’ Said to produce a strong fire for 
cooking. The wood is also worked into tools for the production of 
saksak. According to folklore, the leaf flush marks the time of catfish 
spawning. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-0961-F, -0962-G, -0963-H, -0964-1, -0965- 
J; corresponding to SWD, SBK, BR, LF+TW+BR+RTWD, 
RT+RTBK+RTWD; 2 herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10185 
(= Regalado no. 1413) 
date: June 27, 1995 
det.: WT 
