Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11678 Rubiaceae 
Psychotria sphaerothyrsa Valeton 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
near Haia village, track to Mt. Widau near the summit; colls, 
centered on 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; hill forest with anthropogenic 
disturbance, altimeter elev. 2525’ (770 m). 
colls sequence 11670-11683; 5m shrub; branchlets robust, dull 
light green, fleshy, pithy; stipules large, light green; leaves 
herbaceous, bullate, dull green; entire inflorescence (flowers and 
axes) white; no fruits. 
flowers bottled. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 1 1678 
date: March 5, 1997 
det.: WT; 7/97 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11679 Moraceae 
Ficus cf. mollior Benth. 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
near Haia village, track to Mt. Widau, near the summit Crestline; 
colls, centered on 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; hill forest at altimeter elev. 
2525’ (770 m). 
colls sequence 11670-11683; 10 m tree with Octamyrtus 11677 
and Psychotria 11678; linear and narrow crown; slash elactiferous; 
twigs terete, orange-brown; petioles concolorous with twigs; 
leaves spiral, herbaceous, adaxial surface dark dull green, 
abaxially yellow-green; receptacle orange, figs exuding white latex 
when sectioned. 
xylarium coll. made. 
Pawaian tokples name = ‘jah-ray’ 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11679 
date: March 5, 1 997 
det.: WT; 7/97 
