Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10277 Barringtoniaceae 
Barringtonia sp. 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills; ridge near Langu; hill forest at 
altimeter elev. 550’ (168 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E 
long. 
with 10278-10279; 7 m monocaul; leaves in a terminal coma or in 
apical pseudowhorls; blades papyraceous, subundulate, to 1 .5 m x 37 
cm; costa slightly raised above, prominently keeled beneath; 
inflorescence long-racemose, infrafoliar; stamens numerous, filaments 
white becoming yellow near the anthers. 
flowers bottled. 
Waskuk name = 'poi mil,’ (pronounced with a long vowel on the i). 
Leaves are favored for wrapping saksak due to the size of the blade 
and its tendency for not adhering to the starchy food). 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-1 935-0, -1936-P, -1937-Q, -1938-R; 
corresponding to SBK, SWD, LF+stem, RT+BR+SWD; unicate set 
only. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10277 
(= Regalado no. 1484) 
date: July 5, 1995 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10278 Meliaceae 
Aglaia sp. 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills; ridge near Langu; hill forest at 
altimeter elev. 550’ (168 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E 
long. 
with sequence 10277-10279; c. 15 m subcanopy tree, lactiferous; 
unbuttressed, outer bark not fissured, pale brown; inner bark and 
sapwood white; heartwood red; twigs terete, apical bud erect and 
linear, indumentum of appressed scales; leaves spiral, pinnate, 
subcoriaceous, adaxial side dark shiny green x abaxially medium 
green, underleaf scales sparse and restricted mainly to the costa; 
infructescence axillary, paniculiform, scaly; fruits obovoid, epicarp 
pinkish; 3 seeds_1 often aborted. 
Waskuk name = ‘enger milomb.’ A source of construction timber. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-1 939-S, -1940-T, -1941-U, -1942-V, -1943- 
W, -1944-X; corresponding to RT, TWD, LF, TBK+sapwood, 
infructescence, BR+TW+RTWD+TWD; 6 herbarium duplicates 
distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10278 
(= Regalado no. 1485) 
date: July 5, 1995 
