Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10301 Sterculiaceae 
Sterculia cf. ampla Bak. f. 
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 1 ’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E long. 
with 10302-10305; 7 m monocaul, sparingly branched at top, relatively 
common; buttress swell at base, wood straw; stems robust, 
mucilaginous, apical parts with an indumentum of setiferous stinging 
hairs; stipules conspicuous, linear-acuminate, hairy; leaves conferted 
at the apices, stiffly papery, sub-bullate, adaxial surface dark dull green 
x abaxially yellow-green; lamina cordate, subentire or occasionally with 
shallow irregular lobes, collection represented by the smaller blades 
(typical leaves larger than the herbarium specimen); infructescence 
pendant from the axils; fruits dehiscent, valves inflated, velvety, red. 
Waskuk name = ‘bam.’ No specific use. One of two Sterculia species 
with the same name. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2029-Q, -2030-R, -2031 -S, -2032-T; 
corresponding to SWD, SBK, RT+RTBK+RTWD, LF+TW; 1 herbarium 
set distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10301 
(= Regalado no. 1508) 
date: July 7, 1995 
det.: WT, May 1997 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10302 Elaeocarpaceae 
Elaeocarpus doiichostylus Schltr. ssp. dolichostylus 
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 1 ’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E long. 
with sequence 10301-10305; common species with many individuals in 
fruit; canopy tree, plank-buttressed; twigs robust, cylindrical, gradually 
tapering toward the summit; leaves spiral, glabrous, pliant, adaxial 
surface dark green x abaxially medium green; overmature leaves red; 
lamina oblanceolate, margins serrulate, base attenuate; petioles 
channelled and alate; infructescence infrafoliar, racemiform; fruits 
globose, 10 mm, epicarp blue. 
Waskuk name = ‘warem.’ One of 3 Elaeocarpus species recognized 
by villagers: all with the same name. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2033-U, -2034-V, -2035-W, -2036-X, - 
2037-Y, -2038-Z; corresponding to FR+TW, TWD, RT+RTBK, TBK, 
BR+RTWD, LF+TW+BR; 5 herbarium duplicates distributed through 
NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10302 
(= Regalado no. 1507) 
date: July 7, 1995 
det.: WT, July 1995 
