Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10226 Rubiaceae 
Hedyotis pubescens Valeton 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills, first buttress ridge above the foot 
track between Garuka and Waskuk, territory of the Glei clan; hill forest 
at est. elev. 500-600’ (c. 150-185 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 
44’ E long. 
with 10224; terrestrial understory herb; indumentum of white spreading 
hairs; leaves pliant, adaxial surface dark green x abaxially light green; 
inflorescence axillary and capitate; flowers 4-merous; calyx light green, 
the sepals with fimbriate margins. 
Waskuk name name and use not recorded. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10226 
date: June 29, 1995 
det.: WT, 8/97 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10227 Ebenaceae 
Diospyros aff. papuana Val. 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills between Langu and Garuka; main 
ridge in territory of the Gala clan; hill forest dominated by Intsia bijuga; 
altimeter elev. 250’ (75 m); near 4 deg. 1 1’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E long. 
_5 m understory shrub, occasional; outer bark longitudinally fissured, 
greyish-brown; inner bark white; wood concolorous with the inner bark, 
very dense; leaves alternate, distichous, glabrescent, thick-papery 
textured, adaxial surface dark dull green x abaxially yellow-green; 
lamina usually oblongish, reticulations not prominent; calyx with 5 
triangular lobes, slightly accrescent in fruit, green; corolla pale or dark 
brown in bud; young fruits 5-ridged, submature fruits depressed 
globose, shiny yellow-green, indurate; exocarp lenticellate. 
note: duplicates under this coll. no. from two separate inds. growing 
side x side; A ind. in fruit, B ind. with flower buds. 
Waskuk name = ‘mankall.’ Seeds are edible raw. The strong wood is 
used in house construction. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-1088-S, -1089-T, -1090-U, -1091-V, -1092- 
W; corresponding to RT, TWD, TBK, LF+RTWD, BR; 4 herbarium 
duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10227 
(= Regalado no. 1448) 
date: June 30, 1995 
det.: WT 
