Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10249 Caesalpiniaceae 
Intsia bijuga (Colebr.) O. K. 
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, 15 m tree, buttressed; outer bark 
orange-brown, marked by shallow and broadly rounded depressions; 
sapwood pale stramineous, heartwood darker brown; twigs robust, 
terete; leaves paripinnate, 2-jugate, pliant, concolorous medium green 
both surfaces; inflorescence terminal, racemose and corymbose; 
perianth entirely light green except for the white keel; filaments red; 
pods plane, dull green. 
flowers bottled. 
Waskuk name = ‘won,’ (pronounced with a long vowel on the o). Used 
for making hair combs, tools, and in general construction. Birds are 
said to eat the resin from large trees. A smaller form with black wood 
is called ‘koa,’ (the Waskuk word for ‘short’). 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-1861-J, -1862-K, -1863-L, -1864-M, -1865- 
N, -1866-0; corresponding to TWD, TBK, RTBK+RT, RTWD, BR, 
LF+RTBK+TWD; 6 herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10249 
(= Regalado no. 1463) 
date: July 3, 1995 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 0250 Myrtaceae 
Decaspermum bracteatum (Roxb.) A.J. Scott 
var. bracteatum 
keys to this result on A.J. Scott 
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; small tree, common; twigs 
slender, terete, apical parts sericeous; leaves subfleshy, glabrous or 
puberulous, concolorous and shining yellow-green both surfaces, 
adaxial side minutely pitted, abaxially opaque-punctulate on reflected 
light; inflorescence paniculiform, terminal and axillary, bracteate, axes 
sericeous; calyx also sericeous; corolla white or faintly purple. 
Waskuk name = ‘tacum,’ (ta cum'). Not ‘chikum’ as given in the 
previous expedtion report. The strong wood is useful in general 
construction. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-1867-P, -1868-Q, -1869-R, -1870-S, -1871- 
T; corresponding to RT+RTBK, SWD, LF, TW+BR, 
TBK+sapwood+RTWD; 7 herbarium duplicates distributed through 
NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10250 
(= Regalado no. 1464) 
date: July 3, 1995 
det.: WT, May 1977 
