Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10245 Menispermaceae 
indet. 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills; spur ridge above the foot track 
between Garuka and Ambunti; in Glei clan territory; hill forest at 
altimeter elev. 450’ (137 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E 
long. 
w. 10246-10254 on Crestline; woody climber; leaves alternate, 
glabrous, somewhat firm, adaxial surface dark glossy green x abaxially 
yellow-green; lamina cordate, conspicuously areolate; petiole swollen 
at both ends, geniculate at the blade; inflorescence cauline, paniculate, 
pendant, all axes pale green; flowers pale yellow; fruits not seen. 
flowers bottled. 
Waskuk name = ’hambasayap pok.’ Said to have no use. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-1850-V, -1851-W; corresponding to 
LF+RT, stem; 2 herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10245 
(= Regalado no. 1460) 
date: July 3, 1995 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10246 Lauraceae 
Cryptocarya sp. 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills; spur ridge above the foot track 
between Garuka and Ambunti; in Glei clan territory; hill forest at 
altimeter elev. 450’ (137 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E 
long. 
w. collection sequence 10245-10254, on Crestline; canopy tree, weakly 
buttressed; bark unscented, not fissured; sapwood pale yellow, 
heartwood concolorous; twigs subterete; leaves alternate, papery, 
adaxial surface dark dull green x abaxially medium green and with 
small appressed hairs; infructescence infrafoliar, racemiform or 
sparingly branched; fruits ellipsoid-ovoid; exocarp shining dark green, 
said to turn black when fully ripe, tuberculate on the dried collection; 
seed 1 ; endocarp entire. 
Waskuk name = ‘jong,’ (pronounced with a long vowel on the o). Used 
for building houses and for tools to work saksak. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-1852-X, -1853-Y, -1854-Z, -1855-A, -1856- 
C, -1857-F, -1858-G; corresponding to BR, FR, TBK, TWD, LF+stem, 
RT+RTBK, RTWD; 5 herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10246 
(= Regalado no. 1461) 
date: July 3, 1995 
