Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10230 Burseraceae 
Canarium vitiense A. Gray 
original distr. Canarium schlechteri Laut. 
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. 400’ (c. 120 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E 
long. 
canopy tree; twigs robust, pithy; stipules linear, inserted on the petiole, 
hairy; leaves spiral, imparipinnate, papery, adaxial surface dark dull 
green x abaxially yellow-green and laxly hairy; nervation impressed on 
upper side; infructescence axillary and paniculiform; fruits ellipsoid; 
epicarp dark blue, glaucous. 
Waskuk name = ‘we-we,’ (pronounced with a long e). The dried sap 
can be lighted with a match and burned like a candle. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-1827-V, -1828-W, -1829-X, -1830-Y, - 
1831-Z; corresponding to LF+TW, TWD, TBK, FR, RT; 6 herbarium 
duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10230 
(= Regalado no. 1454) 
date: June 30, 1995 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10231 Icacinaceae 
Rhyticaryum longifolium K. Sch. & Laut. 
hairy form 
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. 500’ (152 m); near 4 deg. IT S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E 
long. 
2 m stems in early regrowth of forest windthrow; twigs terete, 
pubescent; leaves alternate, pliant, rugose/bullate, adaxial surface dark 
dull green x slightly lighter green beneath; inflorescence axillary, 
spiciform, immature, tomentellous; drupes compressed, epicarp red. 
Waskuk name = ‘michikia tarumbo.’ Said to have no specific use. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-1819-N, -1820-0, -1821-P, -1822-Q; 
corresponding to SWD, TW+BR, LF+RTWD, RT+RTWD+BR; 2 
herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10231 
(= Regalado no. 1452) 
date: June 30, 1995 
det.: WT 
