Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10325 Mimosaceae 
Adenanthera novo-guineensis Bak. f. 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills; main ridge above the foot track 
between Langu and Garuka; in Gala clan territory; hill forest at 
altimeter elev. 1250’ (c. 380 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E 
long. 
with sequence 10326-10328; treelet in Gleichenia-dominated regrowth; 
steep subcrest slopes; leaves bipinnate, loosely clustered near the twig 
apices; leaflets numerous, oblong, alternate on the rachides, 
puberulent, pliant, adaxial surface medium green x abaxially pale 
green; inflorescence racemose, axillary, peduncled, completely 
tomentellous; corolla cream or pale purple, filaments light purple; pods 
opening on 2 valves, spirally coiled after dehiscence. 
flowers bottled. 
Waskuk name = ‘mitop,’ (pronounced with a long vowel on the o). A 
good timber for general construction. Said to be closely related to 
yausomb (coll. 10252) but differing in the absence of ants. 
NCI screening code: 0FCZ-2119-0, -2120-P, -2121-Q, -2122-R, - 
2123-S; corresponding to TWD, TBK, RTWD, RTBK+BR, 
LF+TW+BR+FR; 8 herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10325 
(= Regalado no. 1 527) 
date: July 10, 1995 
det.: P. Katik and WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10326 Symplocaceae 
Symplocos cochinchinensis (Lour.) S. Moore 
ssp. cochinchinensis 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills; main ridge above the foot track 
between Langu and Garuka; in Gala clan territory; hill forest at altimeter 
elev. 1250’ (c. 380 m); near 4 deg. 11’ S lat. x 142 deg. 44’ E long. 
with sequence 10325-10328; treelet in Gleichenia-dominated regrowth; 
steep subcrest slopes; indumentum of orange-brown hairs; twigs terete 
and puberulent; leaves spiral, estipulate, brittle, adaxial surface dark 
dull green x abaxially medium green, underleaf hairs lax; inflorescence 
axillary or infrafoliar, spiciform, sparingly branched, bracteolate, 
ascending, entirely pubescent; fruits immature, widest near the base, 
epicarp dark green to yellow-green. 
Waskuk name and use not recorded. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2124-T, -2125-U, -2126-V, -2127 -W, - 
2128-X; corresponding to SWD, LF+TW+BR, SBK+sapwood, RTWD, 
RTBK; 8 herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10326 
(= Regalado no. 1528) 
date: July 10, 1995 
det.: WT 
