Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 254 Myristicaceae 
Myristica globosa Warb. 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province, Papua side; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, swamp forest around Haia; colls, centered on 
coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; anthropogenic regrowth at 
altimeter elev. 2425’ (740 m). 
coll, sequence 11,254-11,264; 5 m subarborescent; prop roots 
present; outer bark thin, brown, covered with epiphytic 
bryophytes and liverworts; inner bark and sapwood straw; twigs 
terete, lenticellate, orange-brown, branching in same plane as the 
leaves; leaves distichous, coriaceous, adaxial surface very dark 
green, abaxially yellow-green; flowers fascicled; pedicels 
yellowish; flower buds elongate, concolorous with pedicels. 
flowers bottled; xylarium coll. made. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2923-N, -2924-0, -2925-P, -2926-Q, 
-2927-R, -2928-S, -2929-T; corresponding to SBK, SWD, LF, 
TW+BR, RTBK+RT, inflorescence+stem, RTWD; 5 duplicates 
distributed through NCI. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 1 1 ,254 
date: Sept. 21,1996 
det.: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11255 Clusiaceae/Guttiferae 
Garcinia maluensis Lauterb. 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province, Papua side; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, swamp forest around Haia; colls, centered on 
coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; anthropogenic regrowth at 
altimeter elev. 2425’ (740 m). 
coll, sequence 11,254-11,264; serai treelet 8 m height; yellow 
latex from most parts; bole straight to base, lacking basal swell, 
numerously branched; outer bark dark brown; sapwood 
stramineous; twigs terete (not angulate), virgate, light brown or 
grayish-brown; leaves pliant, undulate, glossy dark green both 
surfaces; petioles shiny green, discolorous with the twigs; fruits 
globose, oligospermous; pericarp translucent, yellow or pale 
whitish-yellow, producing a copious yellow exudate when 
sectioned. 
Haia villagers report the fruits are edible; pulp is eaten raw. 
fruits bottled; xylarium coll. made. 
NCI screening code: OFCZ-2930-U, -2931 -V, -2932-W, -2933-X; 
corresponding to LF+BR+RTWD, RT+FR, SWD+SBK, TW+BR; 4 
duplicates distributed through NCI. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11,255 
date: Sept. 21,1996 
det.: WT ; 6/97 
