Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10186 Ulmaceae 
Celtis latifolia (Bl.) Planch. 
keys to this result on Soepadmo 
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. 
immature treelet growing next to Maniltoa 10184 and 10185; <10 m 
height; sterile collection; stipules acuminate, falling eariy; leaves 
papery, glabrous, somewhat concolorous glossy green both surfaces; 
lamina triplinerved. 
Waskuk name = 'nokbongu;' useful only as firewood. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-0966-K, -0967-L, -0968-M, -0969-N; 
corresponding to SWD, LF, RT+RTWD, BR; 5 herbarium duplicates 
distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10186 
(= Regalado no. 1414) 
date: June 27, 1995 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10187 Clusiaceae/Guttiferae 
Garcinia sp. (section Cambogia) 
probably conspecific to Garcinia 10196; also prob. same sp. as 
Hoogland & Craven 10818 
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. 300-400’ (c. 90-120 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 
44’ E long. 
canopy tree; prop roots present; outer bark thick, somewhat smooth, 
weakly cracked, sap yellow and glutinous; wood stramineous, very 
indurate; twigs quadrangular, virgate, obliquely spreading, often 
opposed; leaves opposite, thin and brittle, glabrous, adaxial surface 
dark green x abaxially lighter green; lamina elliptic, numerously 
pinnativeined; flowers in sessile clusters from defoliate axils, radial; 
calyx green, shining, sepals imbricate and rounded; corolla glossy red. 
Waskuk name = ‘moik,’ (pronounced moi-yok'). A source of good 
firewood and edible grubs from decomposing stems. Leaves are 
edible raw. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-0970-O, -0971 -P, -0972-Q, -0973-R, - 
0974-S, -0975-T, -0976-U; corresponding to TBK, TWD, LF, 
RT+RTBK, BR, RTWD, FR+TBK; 8 herbarium duplicates distributed 
through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10187 
(= Regalado no. 1415) 
date: June 27, 1995 
det.: WT 
