Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11712 Vitaceae 
Cayratia japonica (Thunb.) Gagn. 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
E of Haia village; colls, centered on 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; hill forest 
with some anthropogenic disturbance, altimeter elev. 2500’ (762 
m). 
colls sequence 11708-11740; herbaceous climber on Neuburgia; 
stems sulcate, nodose; leaves pedate, herbaceous, dull green; 
tendril leaf-opposed; flowers tetramerous, perianth sepaloid, 
spreading, light green; stamens 4, opposite tepals; disk fleshy, 4- 
lobate; ovary glabrous, conical, smooth, green; fruits juicy, 
reddish-green then glossy purple-black when ripe; seeds several, 
smooth, flat on the commissural face. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11712 
date: March 8, 1997 
det: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11713 Euphorbiaceae 
Omalanthus novo-guineensis (Warb.) K. Schum. 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
E of Haia village; colls, centered on 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; hill forest 
with some anthropogenic disturbance, altimeter elev. 2500’ (762 
m). 
colls sequence 11708-11740; 5m tree in regrowth; stems reddish- 
brown, pustulate; twigs cylindrical, green, smooth; leaves spiral, 
papyraceous, peltate, adaxially dull green, abaxially glaucous, 
glandular at base, old blades turning red; petiole entirely terete; 
stipules foliose, crisped, yellow, shining; spikes erect, all axes 
green; male flowers with two dorsal glands. 
Pawaian tokples name = ‘tay-oo’ 
coll: W. Takeuchi 1 1713 
date: March 8, 1997 
det: WT 
