Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10293 Annonaceae 
Polyalthia sp. 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills; along the foot track between 
Garuka and Ambunti; in Glei clan territory; swamp forest at elev. 100’ 
(c. 30 m); near 4 deg. 1 T S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E long. 
with sequence 10289-10296; canopy tree; wood yellow; leaves 
alternate, distichous, papery, yellow-green both surfaces, sparsely 
puberulent on costae; venation yellow, laterals equispaced, closely 
reticulated; infructescence below the leaves, umbelliform, torus 
puberulent; fruits green with red stalks, entire infructescence black 
when ripe; seed 1, sulcate; endosperm ruminate. 
fruits bottled. 
Waskuk name = ‘kumlaka me.’ No specific use. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2010-U, -201 1-V, -2012-W, -2013-X, - 
201 4-Y; corresponding to TWD, TBK, RT+RTBK+RTWD+TWD, BR, 
LF+TWD; 6 herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10293 
(= Regalado no. 1500) 
date: July 6, 1995 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10294 Lauraceae 
Cryptocarya sp. 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills; along the foot track between 
Garuka and Ambunti; in Glei clan territory; swamp forest at elev. 100’ 
(c. 30 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E long. 
with sequence 10289-10296; understory shrub; twigs orange-brown, 
velutinous; leaves alternate, papery, adaxial surface dark dull green x 
abaxially glaucous; lamina sub-oblong, hirtellous; infructescence 
paniculiform, hairy; fruits black, the summit with a small orifice; seed 1, 
testa ridged. 
Waskuk name = ‘geikin me.’ No specific use. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2015-Z, -201 6-A, -201 7-C, -201 8-F, -2019- 
G; corresponding to LF+RT, stem; 2 herbarium duplicates distributed 
through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10294 
(= Regalado no. 1501) 
date: July 6, 1995 
