Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 242 Melastomataceae 
Heteroblemma 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; adhesive climber on tree trunks; 
stems radicant, roots furfuraceous; leaves papyraceous, adaxially 
dark green, abaxially medium green; underleaf veins brown; 
petioles reddish-brown, channelled; fruits subglobose, epicarp 
yellow-green, hairs yellowish. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 1 1 ,242 
date: Sept. 19, 1996 
det.: WT, 7/97 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11243 Anacardiaceae 
Semecarpus aruensis Engl. 
equiv. to sp. 11319 (fr) 
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 shrub with 
Barringtonia 11,232; stems terete, orange-brown; leaves 
papyraceous, bullate, adaxially dark dull green, abaxially 
glaucescent; inflorescence terminal, all axes light green, 
indumentum orange-brown; flowers globose in bud, yellow. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 1 1 ,243 
date: Sept. 19, 1996 
det.: WT; 6/97 
