Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
Conservation International Lakekamu RAP survey 
1 1 550 Myrtaceae 
Syzygium sp., aff. 'schumannianum group' 
Gulf Province; Lakekamu, east branch of the Avi Avi River; ridgeline near 
the proposed research station; natural-growth foothill forest, altimeter 
elev. 700’ (213 m); colls, centered on coordinates 7° 44’ lat. x 146° 30’ 
long. 
collection sequence 11546 - 11556; 10 m subarborescent; bole straight 
to base, outer bark reddish-brown, finely fissured; slash reddish; 
sapwood yellow-brown; heartwood reddish-brown, very hard; twigs 
terete, reddish-brown, periderm exfoliating; leaves decussate, 
subcoriaceous, sub-bullate, adaxial surface very dark shining green, 
abaxially medium green; inflorescence terminal, umbelliform; perianth 
segments divaricate; calyx tube sulcate, yellowish-green, sepals 5 
sometimes 4, concolorous with tube, provided with a distal callosity from 
which 2 small and whitish petals are inserted; stamens numerous, erect, 
attached to the adaxial face of the sepals, filaments translucent yellow- 
green, anthers yellow; style like the filaments. 
wood collection from trunk, flowers bottled. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi and J. Kulang 1 1 ,550 
date: Nov. 4, 1 996 
det.: WT; 7/97 
