Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11672 Elaeocarpaceae 
Elaeocarpus lingualis Knuth 
'sepikanus complex' 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
near Haia village, track to Mt. Widau at Wara Sename; colls, 
centered on 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; swampy forest with 
anthropogenic disturbance, altimeter elev. 2425’ (740 m). 
colls sequence 1 1 670-1 1 683; 1 0 m tree with Euodia 11671, 
small prop roots; inner bark moist and glistening, yellow; twigs 
terete, light brown, relay branching; leaves spiral, papery, adaxial 
surface dark dull green, abaxially yellow-green; petiole swollen at 
both poles; racemes infrafoliar, ascending, epedunculate; 
pedicels and flowers yellow. 
Pawaian tokples name = ’soo;’ wood is used for house building. 
flowers bottled; xylarium coll. made. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 1 1672 
date: March 5, 1997 
det.: WT; 7/97 
specimen was lost 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11673 Kibara 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
near Haia village, track to Mt. Widau at Wara Sename; colls, 
centered on 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; swampy forest with 
anthropogenic disturbance, altimeter elev. 2425’ (740 m). 
colls sequence 1 1 670-1 1 683 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11673 
date: March 5, 1 997 
det.: WT; 7/97 
