Conservation International Lakekamu RAP survey 
Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11421 Apocynaceae 
Neisosperma ficifolium (Sp. Moore) Fosb. & Sach. 
Gulf Province; Lakekamu; east branch of the Avi Avi River, 
alluvial forest along the Bulldog Track out from basecamp, 
elev. 350’ altimeter (105 m); colls, centered on coordinates 7° 
44’ lat. x 146° 29.5’ long. 
collection sequence 11421-11433; 20 m tree, common 
species, unbuttressed; bark thick, unfissured, marked by large 
pustules, slash orange-brown and with darker brown 
striations; wood straw; no exudate from bark but foliage 
copiously lactiferous; leaves whorled, sub-bullate, 
herbaceous, dark dull green on both surfaces; corolla white, 
contorted. 
bottled flowers recovered from ground 
coll: W. Takeuchi & J. Kulang 1 1 ,421 
date: Oct. 24, 1 996 
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