Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 0228 Myrsinaceae 
Conandrium polyanthum (Laut. & K. Schum.) Mez 
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. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E long. 
-5 m understory shrub next to Diospyros 10227; inner bark lineate, 
reddish-brown, wood concolorous; twigs terete; leaves spirally 
arranged, glabrous, slightly fleshy, opaquely glandular-punctate, 
concolorous medium green both surfaces; veins adaxially flush, 
prominulous beneath; infructescence among the leaves, paniculiform; 
drupes black, compressed between the poles, epicarp glandular- 
spotted; calyx persistent, green, 5-lobate, glandular punctate. 
Waskuk name = ‘gambame.’ The raw fruits are edible. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-1807-Y, -1808-Z, -1809-A, -1810-C, -1811- 
F; corresponding to BR, LF, SBK, SWD, RT+RTBK+RTWD+BR; 4 
herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10228 
(= Regalado no. 1449) 
date: June 30, 1995 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 0229 Vitaceae 
Ampelocissus cf. muelleriana Planch. 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills between Langu and Garuka; main 
ridge in tei ritory of the Gala clan; hill forest dominated by Intsia bijuga; 
est. eiev. 300’ (c. 90 m); near 4 deg. 1 1’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E long. 
woody climber with an indumentum of white hairs; leaves alternate, 
trifoliolate, chartaceous, rugose, adaxial surface medium green x 
abaxiaily light green; inflorescence leaf-opposed, hanging, cirriferous, 
rachis pubescent; fruits subglobose, pericarp shining and translucent 
green (said by villagers to turn glossy red when ripe). 
fruits bottled. 
Waskuk name and possible ethnobotanical applications not known to 
villagers interviewed. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-1812-G; corresponding to LF+stem. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10229 
(= Regalado no. 1450) 
date: June 30, 1995 
det.: WT 
