Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10195 Annonaceae 
indet. 
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. 200-300’ (c. 60-90 m). 
understory shrub; leaves chartaceous-papery, adaxial surface dark dull 
green x abaxially medium green; fruits orange-yellow or orange-brown; 
seeds 2-3 per berry, endosperm ruminate. 
Waskuk name not known by villagers interviewed; no use reported. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10195 
date: June 27, 1995 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10196 Clusiaceae 
Garcinia maluensis Lauterb. 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills, first buttress ridge above the foot 
track between Garuka and Waskuk, territory of the Glei clan; hill forest 
at altimeter elev. 200’ (60 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E 
long. 
with collection sequence 10197-10201; 2 m suffrutex in open 
understory; common species on slopes above the alluvia! flats; exuding 
a viscous yellow sap from most severed parts; leaves opposite, 
glabrous, coriaceous, adaxial surface dull medium green x abaxially 
yellow-green; flower buds small and yellow, grouped in moundlike 
clusters; fruits subglobose, epicarp ceraceous, glossy red. 
Waskuk name = ‘tagwala.’ Seeds from the ripe fruit are eaten raw. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-0999-U, -1000-W (missed letter 
sequence), -1001-X; corresponding to LF+TW, stem, RT+RTWD; 2 
herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10196 
(= Regalado no. 1423) 
date: June 28, 1995 
det.: WT, 6/97 
