Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10321 Magnoliaceae 
Elmerrillia tsiampaca (Linne) Dandy 
ssp. tsiampaca var. tsiampaca 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills; main ridge above the foot track 
between Langu and Garuka; in Gala clan territory; hill forest at 
altimeter elev. 1200’ (365 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E 
long. 
with sequence 10318-10320; unbuttressed canopy tree; wood 
stramineous; twigs terete, green with pale brown lenticels, marked by 
stipular scars; stipules conspicuous, caducous, linear, pubescent; 
leaves alternate, coriaceous, adaxial surface medium green x abaxially 
glaucous; flowers solitary and axillary; fructescence usually infrafoliar, 
ripe carpels embedded in an elongate torus. 
Waskuk name = ‘mokin,’ (pronounced with a long vowel on the o). 
The timber is made into posts and canoes, and said to last for over 30 
years without rotting. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2104-W, -2105-X, -2106-Y, -2107-Z, - 
2108-A; corresponding to TWD, RTBK+RT, TBK, BR+RTWD, 
LF+TWD; 6 herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10321 
(= Regalado no. 1524) 
date: July 10, 1995 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10322 Lauraceae 
Cryptocarya sp. 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills; main ridge above the foot track 
between Langu and Garuka; in Gala clan territory; hill forest at altimeter 
elev. 1300’ (c. 395 m); near 4 deg. IT S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E long. 
canopy tree on ridgecrest; twigs angulate, dark brown with conspicuous 
and paler brown lenticels, apical parts pubescent; leaves spiral, 
coriaceous, adaxial surface dark shining green x abaxially glaucous 
and puberulent; lamina elliptic, pinnativeined, veins yellow; 
inflorescence immature, axillary, bracteate, entirely pubescent. 
Waskuk name = ‘mo-kik,’ (pronounced with a long vowel on the o). 
Canoes are made from large trees. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2109-C, -2110-F, -2111-G, -2112-H, -2113- 
I, -2114-J; corresponding to TWD, TBK, BR+RT, LF+TW+BR, RTBK, 
RTWD; 6 herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10322 
(= Regalado no. 1 525) 
date: July 10, 1995 
