Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 0266 Araceae 
Pothos zippelii Schott 
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. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E 
long. 
w. collection sequence 10264-10266; adhesive vine on 
large trunk; leaves distichous, glabrous, pliant, 
concolorous green on both surfaces; petiole alate- 
foliaceous, shorter than the blade proper; peduncle and 
spathe purple; spadix cylindrical, yellow; berries red. 
Waskuk name = ‘ye-rok,’ (pronounced with a long vowel on the ‘o’). 
Growing stems are wrapped in leaves, cooked, and eaten as a 
vegetable. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10266 
(= Regalado no. 1480) 
date: July 4, 1995 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10267 Rhamnaceae 
Ventilago cf. papuana Merrill & Perry 
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. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44' E 
long. 
with 10265-10266; woody climber; said by villagers to be common; 
primary stem with broad longitudinal lines; wood yellowish; leaves 
alternate, distichous, glabrous, subcoriaceous, concolorously green on 
both sides; lamina ovate, densely areolate; infructescence axillary, 
spiciform, usually several together; fruits apically alate, appressed 
puberulent, entirely green. 
Waskuk name = ‘may-poco.’ The dead wood is a source of edible 
larvae. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-1931-K, -1932-L, -1933-M, -1934-N; 
corresponding to stemwood, TW, LF, RT; 3 herbarium duplicates 
distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10267 
(= Regalado no. 1481) 
date: July 4, 1995 
det.: WT 
