Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10191 Rubiaceae 
Timonius sp. 
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. 575’ (175 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E 
long. 
with Litsea 10190; common substage treelet; twigs slender, virgate, 
apical parts hairy; stipules acuminate and fugacious; leaves opposite, 
coriaceous, pubescent, adaxial surface dark green x abaxially yellow- 
green; lamina pandurate; infructescence axillary; drupes globose, 
crowded, entirely pubescent, epicarp pale green; calyx persisting in 
fruit, apparently accrescent, sepals 4, recurved and whitish-green. 
Waskuk name = ‘glaglabont.’ Employed in construction of houses and 
as firewood. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-0992-N, -0993-0, -0994-P, -0995-Q, - 
0996-R; corresponding to LF, SWD, SBK, BR, RT+RTWD+SWD; 7 
herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10191 
(= Regalado no. 1419) 
date: June 27, 1995 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10192 Chloranthaceae 
Chloranthus erectus (Buch.-Ham.) Verdcourt 
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. 575’ (175 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E 
long. 
with 10190-10191; 1-2 m understory subshrub; common on alluvial 
flats and on higher slopes; leaves fleshy, rugose, adaxial surface dark 
green x abaxially light green; fruits shining green, said to turn red or 
black when ripe. 
Waskuk name = ‘uktam.’ In former times, leaves were used to plug the 
drinking holes in bamboo tubes employed for water storage. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10192 
(= Regalado no. 1420) 
date: June 27, 1995 
det.: WT 
