Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11121 Moraceae 
Ficus itoana Diels 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
Mt. Widau near Haia village; colls, centered on coordinates 6° 43’ 
S, 145° 00’ E; hill forest with anthropogenic disturbance, altimeter 
elev. 2550’ (777 m). 
coll, sequence 11,121-11,145; subcanopy tree on subcrest of 
main ridge, terrestrial; copiously lactiferous; outer bark orange- 
brown, generally smooth except for transverse ridges, buttress 
swell present; twigs terete; stipules green and caducous; leaves 
firm, adaxial surface dark dull green, abaxially pale green; veins 
yellowish, underleaf nervation conspicuously areolate; petiole 
slightly swollen at both poles; figs cauline in large clusters, 
obovoid, receptacle yellow-green, ostiole recessed. 
carpological coll. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2143-P, -2144-Q, -1245-R; 
corresponding to LF+TW, FR+TWD, RT+RTBK+TBK. 4 
duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11,121 
date: Sept. 12, 1996 
det.: WT, June 1997 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11122 Rubiaceae 
cf. Rothmannia 
‘Randia’ schumanniana Merr. & Perry 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
Mt. Widau near Haia village; colls, centered on coordinates 6° 43’ 
S, 145° 00’ E; hill forest with anthropogenic disturbance, altimeter 
elev. 2550’ (777 m). 
coll, sequence 11,121-11,145; 10 m subarborescent on ridgeline, 
terrestrial; leaves dry-textured, subcoriaceous, sub-bullate, 
adaxial surface dark green, abaxially yellow-green; veins yellow; 
petioles yellow-green, slightly swollen; one flower seen: calyx 
brownish-green; corolla white, petals 5; fruits ellipsoid, indurate, 
polyspermous, epicarp shiny green turning slightly yellow (local 
villagers report the ripe fruit is yellow and not red), fruit interior 
completely white in cross-sectional view. 
2 ripe fruits bottled separately. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2146-S, -2147-T, -2148-U; 
corresponding to TBK+TWD, LF+TW, RT+RTWD. 5 duplicates 
distributed through NCI. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11,122 
date: Sept. 12, 1996 
det.: WT, June 1997 
