Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10310 Euphorbiaceae/Pandaceae 
Galearia celebica Koord. 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills; spur ridge above the foot track 
between Garuka and Ambunti; in Glei clan territory; hill forest at 
altimeter elev. 150’ (45 m); centered on coordinates 4° 11’ S latitude x 
142° 44’ E longitude. 
10 m subcanopy treelet; buttress swell present; no sap, wood straw; 
leaves somewhat firm, adaxial surface dark dull green x abaxially 
yellow-green with white felty hairs; inflorescence racemose, cauline; 
flowers diclinous (only female seen), dichlamydeous, 5-merous; calyx 
cupular, green; corolla gamopetalous, fleshy, cream; ovary superior, 
puberulent, stigma radiate. 
flowers bottled. 
Waskuk name and use not recorded. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2069-K, -2070-L, -2071 -M, -2072-N; 
corresponding to BR, TWD, RT+RTBK+TWD+TBK, LF+TW+BR; 4 
duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10310 
(= Regalado no. 1516) 
date: July 9, 1995 
det.: K. Demas 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10311 Apocyn aceae 
Lepiniopsis ternatensis Valeton 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills; spur ridge above the foot track 
between Garuka and Ambunti; in Glei clan territory; hill forest at 
altimeter elev. 100’ (30 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E long. 
5 m understory shrub, lactiferous; leaves alternate, glabrous, long- 
elliptic; infructescence among the leaves; fruits approx, oblongoid, 
epicarp yellow-green, black when mature. 
fruits bottled. 
Waskuk name and use not recorded. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2073-O, -2074-P, -2075-Q; corresponding 
to LF+TW+BR, RTWD+RTBK+SWD, SBK+sapwood; 6 duplicates 
distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 1031 1 
(= Regalado no. 1517) 
date: July 9, 1995 
det.: WT 
