Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11682 Tiliaceae 
Microcos tetrasperma Merr. & Perry 
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; 15m tree; branchlets terete, light 
brown; leaves papery, distichous, dark green or yellow-green; 
petiole distally swollen, concolorous with lamina; fruits pendant, 
yellow, fibrous inside, oligospermous. 
Pawaian tokples name = 'so-bo', used in house construction. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11682 
date: March 5, 1997 
det.: WT; 7/97 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11683 Piperaceae 
Piper macropiper Pennant 
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 1 1 670-1 1 683; climber growing with Piper 11681; 
stems terete, green, nodose, indument of white spreading hairs; 
leaves herbaceous, rugose, dull green; spikes red. 
Pawaian tokples name = ‘jo-bay’ (name applied to all climbing 
Piper). 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11683 
date: March 5, 1997 
det.: WT; 7/97 
