Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10371 Elaeocarpaceae 
Elaeocarpus branderhorstii Pulle 
East Sepik Province; April River near confluence with the Sitipa; 
pristine lowland hill forest on mafic substrate, ascending Crestline at 
altimeter elev. 575’ (c. 175 m); colls, centered on 4° 34’ S latitude x 
142° 35’ E longitude. 
w. collection sequence 10365-10375; 3-4 m shrub, locally common at 
the coll, site, several individuals seen in fruit; outer bark greyish-brown, 
inner bark yellow; wood white; branchlets stratified and ramifying in 
relays (like Terminalia), apical parts appressed hairy; stipules minute, 
caducous, pubescent; leaves spirally inserted, crowded at the tops, 
coriaceous, adaxial surface dull dark green and subglabrous x 
abaxially medium green and puberulous on veins, overmature leaves 
red; lamina oblanceolate, typical blade 6 x 2.5 cm, apex bluntly 
acuminate, margin shallowly crenate-serrate and setulose in the 
sinuses, base attenuate; lateral venation in 3-5 pairs, hair tufts present 
in the main nerve axils, reticulum finely areolate; petiole c. 1 cm; 
infructescence racemose, axillary, usually 4-5 cm long, all axes 
puberulent; drupes oblongoid, <1 cm long, glabrous when mature; 
epicarp mostly red, the largest fruits dull bright blue. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-0862-V, -0863-W, -0864-X, -0865-Y; 
corresponding to SBK+sapwood, LF+FR+TW+BR, BR+RT, SWD; 7 
herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 10371 
date: July 22, 1995 
det.: WT 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10372 Grossulariaceae 
Polyosma sp. 
East Sepik Province; April River near confluence with the Sitipa; 
pristine lowland hill forest on mafic substrate, ascending Crestline at 
altimeter elev. 575’ (c. 175 m); colls, centered on 4° 34’ S latitude x 
142° 35’ E longitude. 
with sequence 10371-10374; understory treelet; single fertile sighting; 
leaves opposite, coriaceous, lamina puberulent on veins otherwise 
glabrous, adaxial surface dark green x abaxially medium green; 
infructescence terminal, racemose, bracteolate, pendant; drupes 
globose, sepals 4- or 5-dentate at the summit, epicarp black. 
Bugabugi name and use not recorded. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-0866-Z, -0867-A, -0868-C, -0869-F, -0870- 
G, -0871-H; corresponding to LF+TW+RTWD, BR, SBK+sapwood, FR, 
SWD, RT; 8 herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi 10372 
date: July 22, 1995 
