Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10216 Monimiaceae 
Kibara sp. 
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. 900’ (275 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E 
long. 
w. collection sequence 10215-10219; understory shrub, occasional; 
leaves papery, bullate, glabrous, adaxial surface dark dull green x 
abaxially light green; infructescence axillary, from a paniculate cyme; 
pedicels tapered; receptacle orange; drupes shining purple-black. 
Waskuk name = ‘yapsa.’ Described as having no particular use. 
Villagers distinguish 2 species; one from the hill forest (coll. 10216) 
and the other from alluvial forest near the river (e.g. coll. Steganthera 
hirsuta 10262). 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-1059-M, -1060-N, -1061-0, -1062-P; 
corresponding to SWD, RT+RTWD, BR, LF+RTWD; 7 herbarium 
duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10216 
(= Regalado no. 1438) 
date: June 29, 1995 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10217 Myristicaceae 
Endocomia macrocoma (Miq.) de Wilde 
ssp. prainii (King) de Wilde 
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. 900’ (275 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E 
long. 
w. collection sequence 10215-10219; subcanopy treelet; sparingly 
branched only near the top, ramifying at right angles to the bole; leaves 
alternate, linear-oblong, fleshy but brittle, adaxial surface dark glossy 
green x abaxially yellow-green; infructescence below the leaves, 
paniculiform, pendulous; fruits ellipsoid, orange. 
fruits separate in carpological coll. 
Waskuk name = ‘guma kepka goroe.’ Described as having no specific 
use. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-1069-W, -1070-X, -1071-Y, -1072-Z, - 
1073-A; corresponding to TWD, RT, TBK, BR, LF+FR+TWD; 6 
herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10217 
(= Regalado no. 1439) 
date: June 29, 1995 
det.: WT 
