Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 033 1 Pittosporaceae 
Pittosporum sinuatum Bl. 
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). 
understory shrub; leaves chartaceous-papery, bullate, adaxial side 
dark green x abaxially medium green; fruits dehiscent; valves 4, inner 
and outer surfaces concolorous orange; seeds enveloped by a red 
arilloid tissue. 
Waskuk name = 'wanwar me.’ Has no use. Seeds are eaten by 
bushfowl. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10331 
date: July 10, 1995 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 0332 Costaceae 
Tapeinochilos 
East Sepik Province, Waskuk Hills; main ridge above the foot track 
between Langu and Garuka; in Gala clan territory; hill forest at altimeter 
elev. 800’ (244 m). 
with Myristica 10317; erect shrub; stem cylindrical, articulated, a single 
whorl of obliquely ascending branches at the top; most vegetative parts 
with white spreading hairs; leaf rachis circinnoid; lamina coriaceous, 
adaxial surface dark glossy green x abaxially light green; spike aerial, 
erect, emerging from the whorl of branches; bracts yellow-red, 
somewhat firm. 
spikes separate, in carpological coll. 
Waskuk name and use not recorded. 
coll. W. Takeuchi and J. Regalado 10332 
date: July 10, 1995 
