Conservation International Lakekamu RAP survey 
Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 332 Gesneriaceae 
Cyrtandra sp. 
Gulf Province; Lakekamu; lowland alluvial forest along the track from 
basecamp towards the Tekedu airstrip; elev. 350/E to 400/E (105 m to 
120 m); colls, centered on coordinates 7||44/E lat. x 1461; 29.5/E long. 
collection sequence 11330-11338; epiphyte on Canarium vitiense 
11330, sparingly branched from the base, single sighting; stems 
succulent-fleshy, cylindrical, transversely lineate; leaves 
pseudoalternate, distichous, each normal blade with an acroscopic 
stipuliform member; lamina fleshy, adaxial surface dark dull green, 
abaxially pale green or glaucescent; calyx pale brown, obturbinate, 
basally truncate; fruits white, globose, hard. 
fruits bottled. 
coll: W. Takeuchi & J. Kulang 1 1 ,332 
date: Oct. 18, 1996 
det.: WT 
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