Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10234 Opiliaceae 
Cansjera leptostachya Bth. 
keys to genus and species on Hiepko 
East Sepik Province; Waskuk Hills; main buttress ridge above the foot- 
track between Garuka and Waskuk villages (ridge nearest Garuka), in 
territory of the Gala cian; elev. 400' altimeter (c. 120 m), near 4 deg. 
11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E long. 
w. collection sequence 10212-10237; climber, brought down during 
felling of 10230; stems green, cylindrical, fractiflex, minutely 
puberulous, often aerial and hanging, lenticels light brown pustulate; 
leaves alternate, distichous, exstipulate, glabrous, herbaceous, 
concolorously dark green on both surfaces; lamina lanceolate, typical 
blade 7 x 2.5 cm, apex attenuate, margin entire, base obtuse then 
cuneate; penniveined, all nervation feeble; inflorescence spicate, 
typically several together, puberulent throughout; flowers entirely 
yellow-green, monochlamydeous, each flower subtended by a small 
acuminate bracteole; tepals 4, fused into an urceolate tube <2 mm 
long, lobes shorter than the tube; fruit globose, epicarp shining green; 
seed 1 . 
tokples name (Waskuk) = ‘apsei;’ said to have no use but the plant is 
important in the local mythology, 
flowers bottled at A/HUH 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-1832-A, -1833-C, -1834-F; corresponding 
to RT+RTBK, stem, LF+RTWD. 
coll: W. Takeuchi & J. Regalado10234 
(=Regalado no. 1 ,455) 
date: June 30, 1995 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10235 Meliaceae 
Dysoxylum acutangulum Miq. 
subsp. foveolatum (Radik.) Mabb. 
keys to species on Mabberley 
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. 
with 10230; canopy tree; twigs subterete; apical bud linear, distinctive; 
leaves opposite , glabrous, pliant, smooth, fleshy, adaxial surface dark 
shining green x abaxially dull medium green; rachis marginate; costa 
prominulous on both sides, lateral veins plane above, raised below; 
petiole terete; inflorescence axillary, immature, shortly hairy; corolla 4- 
merous; staminal tube present. 
Waskuk name uncertain among villagers interviewed. The wood is 
used for making posts and charcoal. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-1813-H, -1814-1, -1815-J, -1816-K, -1817- 
L, -1818-M; corresponding to RTBK, RTWD, TWD, TBK, LF, BR; 4 
herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10235 
(= Regalado no. 1451) 
date: June 30, 1995 
det.: WT 
