Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10373 Myrtaceae 
Syzygium 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; small treelet; wood reddish-brown; 
leaves opposite, glabrous, pliant, adaxial surface dark dull green x 
abaxially medium green; lateral veins weak, reticulated between; 
inflorescence terminal, paniculate, usually not exceeding the leaves; 
flowers entirely white. 
Bugabugi name and use not recorded. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-0872-1, -0873-J, -0874-K, -0875-L, -0876- 
M; corresponding to LF+TW+BR+RTWD, TBK+sapwood, SWD, RT, 
BR; 8 herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi 10373 
date: July 22, 1995 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
10374 Euphorbiaceae 
Mallotus echinatus Elm. 
keys to this result on Airy Shaw 
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 10371-10373; subcanopy tree; unbuttressed, outer bark 
pale brown, inner bark reddish, wood straw; leaves pseudoalternate, 
paired with a stipuliform member, blades coriaceous, glabrous and 
aglandular, adaxial surface dark green x abaxially yellow-green; petiole 
swollen at both ends; inflorescence racemose, unisexual, from foliated 
nodes or infrafoliar, epedunculate, rachis laxly hispidulous; bracts 
linear-acuminate; male flowers red in bud; stamens many, filaments 
yellow. 
Bugabugi name = ‘me tetepe.’ Used for house construction. Said to 
be unsuitable for building canoes. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-0877-N, -0878-0, -0879-P, -0880-Q, - 
0881 -R; corresponding to LF+TW+BR, TWD, TBK+sapwood, RT, BR; 
9 herbarium duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll. W. Takeuchi 10374 
date: July 22, 1995 
det.: WT, May 1997 
