Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11704 Solanaceae 
Solanum pustulatum Symon 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province, Papua side; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, vicinity of Haia, along the Wara oo 
streamcourse (first river E of Mt. Widau); colls, centered on 6° 43’ 
S, 145° 00’ E; riverine forest at altimeter elev. 2100’ (640 m). 
colls sequence 11684-11707; understory vine near streambed; 
twigs pale brown; leaves distichous, herbaceous or subfleshy, no 
reduced member, adaxial surface dark dull green, abaxially 
yellow-green; pedicels and calyx dark purple; developing fruits 
smooth, epicarp white or pale green. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11704 
date: March 6, 1997 
det.: conf. Symon 7/98 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 705 Zingiberaceae 
Etlingera dekockii, or E. versteegii 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
near Haia village, summit of Mt. Widau; colls, centered on 6° 43’ 
S, 145° 00’ E; hill forest, altimeter elev. 2525’ (770 m). 
colls sequence 11684-11707; ground herbs to ca. 1m height; 
rhizome whitish, smooth, oriented parallel to the plane of the 
leaves; stems cylindrical, green, base globose; leaves distichous, 
papyraceous, dark green, immature leaves reddish-purple 
beneath; inflorescence from rhizome, emerging at ground level. 
flowers bottled. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11705 
date: March 6, 1 997 
det.: WT 
