Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10264 Lythraceae 
Lagerstroemia cf. piriformis Koehne 
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. 
large canopy tree on swampy flats, buttressed; outer bark decorticating 
in papery strips; wood very hard, stramineous; twigs slender, terete, 
virgate; leaves opposite, pliant, concolorously yellow-green both 
surfaces; panicles terminal and from upper axils, puberulent 
throughout, the major rachides often leafy; perianth 6-merous; calyx 
valvate, turbinate, conspicuously ridged, yellow-green, sepals reflexed; 
petals unguiculate, pale purple; stamens numerous, filaments light 
purple. 
flowers bottled. 
Waskuk name = ‘mif-waif,’ (not ‘mif-saf,’ which is the tokples name for 
all tree bark). The trunks of large trees are carved into canoes. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-1920-W, -1921-X, -1922-Y, -1923-Z, - 
1924-A; corresponding to LF, BR, TBK, RT, TWD; 11 herbarium 
duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10264 
(= Regalado no. 1478) 
date: July 4, 1995 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10265 Dipterocarpaceae 
Vatica rassak (Korth.) Bl. 
original distr. as synonym Vatica papuana Dyer 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills, second buttress ridge above the 
foot track from Garuka to Waskuk, territory of the Glei clan; hill forest at 
altimeter elev. 450’ (137 m); near 4 deg. IT S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E 
long. 
large canopy tree in shallow ravine; bole weakly buttressed; outer bark 
smooth except for transverse ridges, inner bark and sapwood 
concolorous straw; stipules scaly, caducous, c. 1 cm long; leaves 
alternate, thickly papery, adaxial surface dark shining green x abaxially 
yellow-green, underleaf indumentum of minute rounded or stellate 
scales; lamina oblong-elliptic, numerously and arcuately pinnativeined, 
areolate; inflorescence terminal and axillary, paniculate, bracteate, 
stellately pubescent throughout; flowers fragrant, dichlamydeous, 
perianth 5-merous, corolla yellow. 
flowers bottled. 
Waskuk name = 'pa pia.’ Timber used for posts, canoes, and general 
construction. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-1925-C, -1926-F, -1927-G, -1928-H, -1929- 
I, -1930-J; corresponding to TWD, TBK, LF, RTWD, RTBK, BR; 9 
herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10265 
(= Regalado no. 1479) 
date: July 4, 1995 
det.: WT 
