Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10222 Connaraceae 
Connarus sp. 
(does not key out to an obvious result on Sleumer; cf. C. 
semidecandrus group) 
East Sepik Province; Waskuk Hills; buttress ridge above the foot-track 
between Garuka and Waskuk villages, in territory of the Glei clan; elev. 
500’ altimeter (c. 150 m), near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E long. 
w. collection sequence 10212-10226 (act. the first coll, this day); hill 
species, several inds. seen in fruit; woody climber into the high canopy; 
twigs terete, pale brown, lenticellate; leaves trifoliolate or imparipinnate 
(2-jugate), glandular punctate, glabrous, brittle, adaxial surface dark 
shining green x abaxially light green; petiolules articulated; 
infructescence terminal, pendant, paniculate, ramiform, rachides 
pubeiulent, fruits stipitate, dehiscent on 2 valves, sublunate, 
compressed, epicarp dull red and thin, glabrous; the style remnant 
apiculate, excentric and lateral; endocarp sparsely pubescent; seeds 
glossy black and slippery-smooth, base enveloped by a striking 
orange-yellow arilloid. 
tokples name (Waskuk) = ‘absambor pok;’ (tremendous confusion on 
this name among the villagers final version provided by one of the 
elders); used in black magic to confer power to ritual carvings in the 
hausboi and also used to kill troublemakers with magic. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-1 084-0, -1085-P, -1086-Q, -1087-R; 
corresponding to TW+BR, LF, SWD, RT+RTWD+stem; 2 herbarium 
duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll: W. Takeuchi & J. Regalado 10222 
(=Regalado no. 1,444) 
date: June 29, 1995 
det: Kipiro Demas and W.T. 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10223 Tectaria group 
Tectaria pleiosora (Alderw.) C. Chr. 
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. 600’ (183 m). 
w. 10212-10214; terrestrial fern; sterile coll.; uncommon in area, 
several individuals seen but none sporiferous; frond coriaceous, dark 
green above x pale green beneath. 
Waskuk name and use not recorded. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10223 
date: June 29, 1995 
det.: WT 
