Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Jimi-Ramu UNDP/DEC RAP Survey 
10496 Euphorbiaceae 
Macaranga reiteriana Pax & Hoffman 
Western Highlands Province; Bismarck Range, Mt. Oipu, 
subcrest slopes of main ridge in vicinity of Camp 1; low 
stature montane forest in cloud zone, tree layer generally less 
than 10 m, undergrowth profuse, herb layer very well 
developed, dense beds of moss over ground; colls, this day 
centered on GPS coordinates lat. 5 deg. 35.513’ x long. 144 
deg. 47.252’, GPS elev. 2357 m (altimeter c. 2400 m). 
collection sequence 10426-10501; virgate treelet in regrowth; 
twigs slender, terete, grayish-brown; stipules red with 
appressed pale hairs; leaves coriaceous, adaxial surface dark 
green with 2 discoid glands near the petiole insertion, 
abaxially blue-green with dark granules; male inflorescence 
spiciform, hairy; flowers yellow, organized in glomerules 
spaced along the rachis, bracteoles glandular-granular. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 10496 
date: Oct. 5, 1995 
det.: WT; 10/98 
