Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11216 Myrtaceae 
Decaspermum neurophyllum Laut. & K. Sch. 
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 11,214-11,230; subarborescent leaning over 
riverbed, 7 m height, common on forest margin; twigs terete, 
slender, pale brown; leaves distichous, subcoriaceous, bullate, 
adaxially very dark green, abaxially yellow-green; calyx green; 
petals-filaments-style reddish-purple. 
xylarium coll, made 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2245-Z, -2246-A, -2247-C, -2248-F, - 
2249-G; corresponding to LF+BR, SWD, TW+BR, SBK+RT, 
RTWD+TW; 8 duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11,216 
date: Sept. 18, 1996 
det.: WT, 7/97 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11217 Sapotaceae 
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 11,214-11,230; 8 m pole, lactiferous; branches 
short, diverging at right angles to bole; twigs robust, terete, 
orange-brown; leaves thick, fleshy, adaxially dark dull green, 
abaxially orange-brown; petiole succulent, concolorous with 
twigs, broadly channelled on upper side; fruits subovoid, epicarp 
orange-brown, marked with a longitudinal groove. 
carpological and xylarium colls, separate 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2250-H, -2251-1, -2252-J, -2253-K, - 
2254-L; corresponding to LF+TW, SBK, TW+BR, RTWD, 
SWD+RTBK; 3 dupls. and 2 sets to NCI. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 1 1,217 
date: Sept. 18, 1996 
det.: WT 
