Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11230 Gesneriaceae 
Cyrtandra sp. A, § Centrosiphon 
conspecific with coll. 11176, 12163 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Papua side; 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; population coll.; terrestrial herbs 
on forest margin; stems terete, greenish-brown or very pale 
brown, lineate between the nodes; stipuliform leaves acroscopic, 
yellow-green; leaves distichous, fleshy, adaxially very dark green, 
pale green beneath; perianth entirely yellow; corolla markedly 
bilabiate; berry ovoid, hard, pericarp translucent green. 
villagers report that birds draw nectar from the flowers. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 1 1 ,230 
date: Sept. 18, 1996 
det.: WT, May 1999 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11231 Myrtaceae 
Rhodamnia latifolia (Benth.) Miq. 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Papua side, Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, vicinity of Haia; colls, centered on coordinates 
6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; swampy forest with anthropogenic 
disturbance, altimeter elev. 2425’ (740 m). 
coll, sequence 11,231-11,247; tree in regrowth, 7-8 m height, 
without buttress or basal swell; outer bark orange-brown, flaking 
in longitudinal strips; wood very dense; twigs subterete, pale 
brown; leaves distichous, coriaceous, adaxially dark green, 
abaxially silvery-green; fruits globose, epicarp reddish-purple; 
seeds planoconvex. 
wood coll. made. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2268-Z, -2269-A, -2270-C, -2271 -F, - 
2272-G; corresponding to SBK, SWD, TW+BR, RTBK+RTWD, 
LF+BR; 6 duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 1 1 ,231 
date: Sept. 19, 1996 
det.: WT, 7/97 
