Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11694 Meliaceae 
Dysoxylum variabile Harms 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
near Haia village, track to Wara O from Mt. Widau; colls, 
centered on 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; hill forest with anthropogenic 
disturbance, altimeter elev. 2325’ (710 m). 
colls sequence 11684-11707; subarborescent, 5m height, 
occasional; branchlets with indument of harsh hairs; leaves 
spiral, imparipinnate, laminae herbaceous, dull green; fruits 
subglobose, valves 5, leathery, dull white on both surfaces; 
seeds 2-5, shiny orange-red arillode. 
Pawaian tokples name = ‘may’ 
coll: W.Takeuchi 11694 
date: March 6, 1 997 
det.: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11695 Loganiaceae 
Fagraea amabilis S. Moore 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
near Haia village, track to Wara O from Mt. Widau; colls, centered 
on 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; hill forest with anthropogenic disturbance, 
altimeter elev. 2325’ (710 m). 
colls sequence 11684-11707; 5m subarborescent with relay 
branching; branchlets cylindrical, often virgate; leaves conferted, 
opposite, blades fleshy, bullate, dull green or yellow-green; corolla 
off-white, 5 lobes; stamens 5, filaments whitish or pale green; style 
simple, pale green, stigma discoid. 
Pawaian tokples name = ’may-rakay’, sometimes used for house 
construction. 
coll: W.Takeuchi 11695 
date: March 6, 1997 
det.: WT 
