Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10279 Arecaceae/Palmae 
Orania glauca Essig 
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 10277-10278; 10 m subcanopy palm; crown shaft lacking; leaves 
plicate, upper surface medium green x glaucous beneath; typical blade 
3.4 m; petiole 1.8 - 1.9 m; infructescence massive, infrafoliar, 1.6 m 
long. 
Waskuk name = 'wanpango.' The outer stem is stripped for house 
flooring_a common application throughout PNG for limbung palms. 
Young shoots are chewed to induce vomiting. The sap is a medicine 
for treating shortness of breath. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-1945-Y, -1946-Z, -1947-A, -1948-C, -1949- 
F, -1950-G; corresponding to stem, LF, RT, inflorescence+LF, 
FR+stem, petiole+LF rachis+stem. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10279 
(= Regalado no. 1486) 
date: July 5, 1995 
det: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10280 Fabaceae 
Derris sp. 
does not key to an obvious result on Verdcourt 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills; ridge near Langu; hill forest at 
altimeter elev. 600’ (183 m); near 4 deg. IT S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E 
long. 
with 10281-10284; woody climber in high canopy; twigs terete; leaves 
alternate, imparipinnate, mostly 2-3 jugate, glabrous, coriaceous, 
adaxial side dull dark green x abaxially dull medium green; 
inflorescence terminal and axillary, in racemiform panicles, axes shortly 
hairy; calyx reddish-brown, hairs appressed; corolla white; standard 
with a green eye, outer surface hairy on the apical half; pods not seen. 
flowers bottled. 
Waskuk name not known by villagers interviewed. Regarded as 
useless. This species is said related to asembor pok (i.e., Derris 
elegans). 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-1951-H, -1952-1, -1953-J; corresponding to 
RT+RTBK, SWD+SBK, LF+TW+RTWD; 8 herbarium duplicates 
distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10280 
(= Regalado no. 1487) 
date: July 5, 1995 
