Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10241 Araceae 
Aglaonema marantifolium Blume 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills; spur ridge above the foot track 
between Garuka and Ambunti; in Glei clan territory; hill forest at 
altimeter elev. 300’ (c. 90 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E 
long. 
w. collection sequence 10238-10244; terrestrial herbs on understory 
litter; <1 m height, monocauls; leaves fleshy-coriaceous, adaxial 
surface dark dull green x abaxially medium green; petioles alate on 
basal half; spathe light green and fleshy; spadix white, stipitate, fleshy, 
sterile zone not present; female flowers few, buttonlike, stigma peltate; 
synandria numerous. 
Waskuk name = ‘soli yamba.’ Has ceremonial applications in the 
opening of the hausboi. Villagers claim there are white- and yellow- 
leaved variants of this species. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10241 
date: July 3, 1995 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10242 Sapindaceae 
Tristiropsis acutangula Radik. 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills; spur ridge above the foot track 
between Garuka and Ambunti; in Glei clan territory; hill forest at 
altimeter elev. 300’ (c. 90 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E 
long. 
w. collection sequence 10238-10244; large canopy tree, buttressed; 
bark thick, not fissured; sapwood furrowed at the inner bark, yellow- 
white; heartwood pinkish-brown, very dense; leaves pinnate, glabrous, 
subcoriaceous; infructescence pendulous, paniculiform, all axes and 
fruits orange-brown puberulent; drupoids stipitate, irregularly 3- 
anguiate; sepals persisting, spreading, inner surfaces glabrate. 
Waskuk name and use not recorded. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-1 843-0, -1844-P, -1845-Q, -1846-R, - 
1847-S, -1848-T, -1849-U; corresponding to TWD, FR, LF, TBK, BR, 
RT+RTBK, RTWD; 7 herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10242 
(= Regalado no. 1459) 
date: July 3, 1995 
det.: WT 
