Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 0257 Vitaceae 
Tetrastigma sp. 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills; along the foot track between 
Garuka and Ambunti; in Glei clan territory; alluvial forest at elev. 100’ 
(c. 30 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E long. 
w. collection sequence 10255-10260; woody climber on Thespesia 
10256; stems terete and lineate; leaves spiral, pinnately trifoliolate, 
fleshy, adaxial surface dark dull green x abaxially pale green; leaflets 
crenate, each crenation with an acroscopic mucro; tendrils 2-fid; 
infructescence axillary, peduncled, ramifying; fruits small, epicarp 
orange; flowers not seen. 
Waskuk name = 'singla.’ Fruits are used for baiting fishhooks. Ropes 
are made from the stems. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-1892-R, -1893-S; corresponding to RT, 
stem; 4 herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10257 
(= Regalado no. 1471) 
date: July 4, 1995 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10259 Euphorbiaceae 
Glochidion eucleoides S. Moore 
keys to this result on Airy Shaw 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills; along the foot track between 
Garuka and Ambunti; in Glei clan territory; alluvial forest at elev. 100’ 
(c. 30 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E long. 
w. collection sequence 10255-10260; 10 m treelet in regrowth; twigs 
densely pubescent, terete, not striolate; leaves distichous, brittle, 
variously hirtellous, adaxial surface dark dull green x abaxially 
glaucescent; inflorescence axillary, fascicled, epedunculate; flowers 
unisexual, males: yellow, monochlamydeous, tepals sepaloid; 
capsules on slender pedicels to c. 2 cm length, the fruit flattened 
between the poles, epicarp hairy, not deeply divided into segments; 
seeds red. 
flowers bottled. 
Waskuk name = ‘buk.’ The wood is used in general construction. 
There are two different species under this tokples name. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-1894-T, -1895-U, -1896-V, -1897-W, - 
1898-X; corresponding to BR, RT, TBK, TWD, LF+FR+stem; 9 
herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10259 
(= Regalado no. 1472) 
date: July 4, 1995 
det.: WT, May 1997 
