Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 200 Melastomataceae 
Dissochaeta angiensis Ohwi 
conspecific to coll. 11220 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
vicinity of Haia, along the Wara oo streamcourse (first river E of 
Mt. Widau); colls, centered on coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; 
riverine forest at altimeter elev. 2100’ (640 m). 
coll, sequence 1 1,194-1 1,213; common climber on forest margin; 
stems terete, often aerial-hanging, indumentum brown to reddish- 
brown; leaves brittle, adaxial surface dark green, abaxially 
whitish; nervation scalariform, veins clothed with reddish-brown 
hairs; ovary and calyx pale green; corolla obtuse in bud, pale 
purple; fruits ovoid, baccate, polyspermous, epicarp green 
becoming dull royal purple when ripe; pulp purple. 
flowers bottled. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11,200 
date: Sept. 16, 1996 
det.: WT, 7/97 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11201 Sapindaceae 
Dictyoneura obtusa Biume 
keys to this result on FI. Male. 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
vicinity of Haia, along the Wara oo streamcourse (first river E of 
Mt. Widau); colls, centered on coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; 
riverine forest at altimeter elev. 2100’ (640 m). 
coll, sequence 11,194-11,213; subarborescent on forest margin, 
7 m height, uncommon in area; outer bark chocolate-brown, 
smooth or weakly lineate; wood dense, very difficult to cut, white; 
twigs terete, marked by raised longitudinal lines, pubescent; 
leaves pinnate, subcoriaceous, glossy medium green on both 
surfaces; infructescence axillary, racemose, burdened by large 
fruit load, all axes yellowish; fruits glossy orange, epicarp marked 
by a meridional groove; seeds 2 per fruit. 
xylarium coll. made. 
Pawaian tokples name = ‘yoro.’ 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2220-X, -222 1-Y, -2222-Z, -2223-A, - 
2224-C, -2225-F; corresponding to LF, RT+RTWD, SWD, 
infructescence+BR, SBK, TW+BR; 7 dupls. distributed by NCI. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11,201 
date: Sept. 16, 1996 
det.: WT, 6/97 
