Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10358 Melastomataceae 
Astronia sp. 
East Sepik Province; April River at Pinape; pristine lowland hill forest 
on mafic substrate, ascending Crestline at elev. 400 - 500’ (c. 120-150 
m); colls, centered on 4° 33’S latitude x 142° 34’E longitude. 
15 m pole tree; bole straight and unbuttressed; leaves opposite, 
coriaceous, bullate, adaxial surface dark green x abaxialiy brown and 
lepidote; infructescence terminal or axillary, paniculiform, entirely 
covered with a reddish-brown indumentum; hypanthium urceolate; 
calyx persisting, 5, segments dentiform. 
Bugabugi name = ‘me kame yau.’ Said to have no specific use. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-0820-Z, -0821 -A, -0822-C, -0823-F; 
corresponding to LF+TW+BR, RT+RTBK, SWD, SBK+sapwood+BR; 
11 herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W.Takeuchi 10358 
date: July 21, 1995 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10359 Crypteroniaceae 
Crypteronia cumingii (Planch.) Planch, ex Endl. 
East Sepik Province; April River at Pinape; pristine lowland hill forest 
on mafic substrate, ascending Crestline at elev. 500’ altimeter (152 m); 
colls, centered on 4° 33’S latitude x 142° 34’E longitude. 
treelet on margin of forest gap, <10 m height; twigs fistulose, inhabited 
by foul-smelling black ants; leaves opposite, exstipulate, glabrous, 
papery, bullate, adaxial surface dark dull green x abaxialiy light green; 
inflorescence paniculate, terminal or from defoliate axils, large and 
spreading; flowers yellow. 
flowers bottled. 
Bugabugi name = Me tape a: pronounced as ‘me ta pe a’ with a long 
vowel sound on the last ‘a.’ The timber is used in general construction, 
such as for houses and posts. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-0824-G, -0825-H, -0826-1, -0827-J, -0828- 
K, -0829-L; corresponding to LF, BR, SWD, RT, SBK+sapwood, 
RTWD; 5 herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi 10359 
date: July 21, 1995 
det.: WT 
