Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10364 Connaraceae 
Rourea radlkoferiana K. Sch. 
East Sepik Province; April River at Pinape; pristine lowland hill forest 
on mafic substrate, ascending Crestline at elev. 600’ altimeter (183 m); 
colls, centered on 4° 33’S latitude x 142° 34’E longitude. 
woody climber on Ficus 10361; twigs with indumentum of reddish- 
brown hairs; leaves medium green above x abaxially blue-green; 
flowers in bud only, yellow-green. 
Bugabugi name and use not recorded. 
coll. W. Takeuchi 10364 
date: July 21, 1995 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 0365 Myrtaceae 
Syzygium pachycladum (Laut. & K. Sch.) Merrill & Perry 
keys easily on Hartley & Perry 
East Sepik Province; April River near confluence with the Sitipa; alluvial 
flatland forest within the river surge zone, elev. _40 m; colls, centered 
on 4° 34’ S latitude x 142° 35’ E longitude. 
w. collection sequence 10365-10375; large canopy tree taken from the 
streambank (sp. favors wet ground), single fertile sighting; no buttress; 
outer bark pale brown to tan, smooth; wood stramineous; twigs not 
alate; leaves opposite, lacking stipules, glabrous, thick and subfleshy, 
adaxial surface dark shining green x abaxially yellow green; lamina 
oblong-elliptic, typical blade 30 x 18.5 cm, obtuse at both ends, margin 
somewhat thickened; lateral venation in approx. 12-13 strong pairs with 
weaker intervening nerves between, distally arcuate but lacking an 
inframarginal collector; petiole 3.5 cm; inflorescence cauline or 
ramiflorous, massive, showy, paniculiform, collectively appearing as a 
large globose cluster, all axes fleshy, angulate, completely smooth 
when fresh but drying to a pustulate surface on specimens; flowers in 
bud only, entirely reddish-purple; calyx tube turbinate, c. 15 mm wide 
below the lobes; sepals to 10 mm high, rounded; petals not deployed; 
fruits not seen. 
tokples name (Bugabugi) = ‘me tolo:’ seeds are edible and eaten raw; 
fallen fruits are also reportedly consumed by cassowaries; the strong 
wood is used for flooring. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-0840-W, -0841 -X, -0842-Y, -0843-Z, - 
0844-A, -0845-C; corresponding to LF+TW+BR, inflorescence, BR, 
RTWD, TBK+sapwood, TWD; 2 herbarium duplicates distributed 
through NCI. 
flowers bottled at A/HUH and LAE. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 10365 
date: July 22, 1995 
