Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11177 Urticaceae 
Oreocnide trinervis (Bl.) Miq. 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
vicinity of Haia, main ridge of Mt. Widau; colls, centered on 
coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; hill forest with some 
anthropogenic disturbance, altimeter elev. 2550’ (777 m). 
coll, sequence 11,175-11,188; understory shrub; outer bark pale 
brown, longitudinally striate; wood straw; twigs terete, green; 
leaves fleshy, adaxial surface dark green, abaxially medium 
green; veins often red on underleaf; petioles green or red, slightly 
swollen at both poles; achenes green, embedded in a translucent 
white receptacle. 
Pawaian tokples name = ‘say re,’ (long vowel pronounciation on 
‘e’); villagers report that the bark is boiled in water and the 
resulting solution is then applied to sores to promote healing. 
fruits bottled. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2168-R, -2169-S, -2170-T, -2171-U; 
corresponding to LF+TW+FL, RT, SBK+RTWD+BR, SWD+TW; 7 
dupls. distributed through NCI. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 1 1,177 
date: Sept. 14, 1996 
det.: WT, 7/97 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11178 Actinidiaceae 
Saurauia sp. 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
vicinity of Haia, main ridge of Mt. Widau; colls, centered on 
coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; hill forest with some 
anthropogenic disturbance, altimeter elev. 2550’ (777 m). 
coll, sequence 11,175-11,188; understory shrub next to 
Oreocnide trinervis 11177; outer bark smooth, periderm dark 
brown; wood white; twigs grayish-brown, squamulose, the scales 
pale brown; leaves spiral, subcoriaceous, shining on both 
surfaces, adaxially dark green, abaxially yellow-green; petioles 
concolorous with underleaf; inflorescence axillary or ramiflorous, 
fasciculiform; pedicels light green and squamulose; calyx light 
green, sepals oblongish; corolla white, spreading; styles terete, 
pale green; developing fruit glossy green. 
described by villagers as having no use. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2172-V, -2173-W, -2174-X, -2175-Y; 
corresponding to LF+BR, RT+RTWD, SBK+SWD, TW+BR; 7 
duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11,178 
date: Sept. 14, 1996 
det.: WT 
