Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11218 Sapindaceae 
Guioa sp. 
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; 7 m subarborescent; outer bark 
reddish-brown, pustulate, inner bark pinkish; twigs pale brown, 
often fistulose but not inhabited by ants; leaves spiral, bullate, 
pliant, adaxially dark green, abaxially medium green; 
inflorescence paniculiform, axes light yellow-green; flower buds 
pale whitish-yellow; outer 2 sepals smaller than inner segments; 
fruits not seen but reported by villagers as being red. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2255-M, -2256-N, -2257-0, -2258-P, 
-2259-Q; corresponding to SBK, SWD, LF+TW, RT+RTWD, 
inflorescence+stem; 5 dupls. and 1 set to NCI. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 1 1,218 
date: Sept. 18, 1996 
det.: WT ; 6/97 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11219 Melastomataceae 
Memecylon cf. schraderbergense Mansf. 
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; 10 m tree in Pandanus stand, on 
alluvial flats; outer bark pale whitish-brown, smooth; wood 
stramineous, dense, very resistant to cutting; twigs terete, 
slender, pale brown, nodose; leaves subcoriaceous, adaxial 
surface very dark green, abaxially yellow-green; petioles shining 
green; fruits globose, epicarp orange-red turning deep purple; 
mesocarp purple; single seed, interior green with folded 
cotyledons occupying most of the cross-sectional volume. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2260-R, -2261 -S, -2262-T, -2263-1), - 
2264-V; corresponding to TW+BR, RTBK+RT, LF+TW, 
TBK+TWD, infructescence+stem; 5 duplicates distributed through 
NCI. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11,219 
date: Sept. 18, 1996 
det.: WT ; 6/97 
