Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 232 Barrington iaceae 
Barringtonia sp. 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province, Papua side; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, Crestline of Mt. Widau near Haia village; colls, 
centered on coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; hill forest with some 
anthropogenic disturbance, altimeter elev. 2550’ (777 m). 
coll, sequence 11,231-11,247; understory monocaul, occasional; 
leaves in pseudowhorls along the stem, lamina papyraceous, 
adaxially dark dull green, abaxially medium green, base swollen; 
inflorescence cauline, racemose; all axes (peduncle to pedicel) 
shining yellow-green; tepals 4, pink; stamens numerous, connate, 
falling quickly as a unit after anthesis, filaments red. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2273-H, -2274-1, -2275-J, -2276-K; 
corresponding to SBK, SWD, RT+RTBK+RTWD, LF+stem; 3 
duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 1 1 ,232 
date: Sept. 19, 1996 
det.: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11233 Symplocaceae 
Symplocos cochinchinensis (Lour.) S. Moore 
ssp. leptophylla (Brand) Nooteb. 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province, Papua side; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, descending slopes between Mt. Widau and 
Wara oo (first river to the E of Widau); colls, centered on 
coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; hill forest with some 
anthropogenic disturbance, altimeter elev. 2100-2550’ (640-777 
m). 
coll, sequence 11,231-11,247; 7 m pole, laxly branching at right 
angles to main stem; twigs terete, pale brown; leaves spiral, 
subcoriaceous, adaxially very dark dull green, abaxially medium 
green; veins adaxially impressed; petioles channelled, green; 
infructescence axes purple; fruits immature, epicarp white; calyx 
persisting at summit, lobes 5, purple; seeds single. 
xylarium coll. made. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2277-L, -2278-M, -2279-N, -2280-0; 
corresponding to SWD, LF+SBK, TW+BR, RT+RTWD; 8 
duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 1 1 ,233 
date: Sept. 19, 1996 
det.: WT, 8/97 
