Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 766 Asclepiadaceae 
Hoya sp. 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
E of Haia village; colls, centered on coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ 
E; hill forest with some anthropogenic disturbance, altimeter elev. 
2550’ (777 m). 
colls sequence 11766-11802; herbaceous climber on margins of 
old garden, elactiferous; stems twining, terete, smooth, dark 
green or purple; leaves opposite, fleshy, adaxial surface very dark 
green, abaxially yellow-green; lamina with broadly recurved 
margins, plexus manifest; inflorescence axillary, axes purple- 
green; calyx 5, linear, dull purple; petals valvate, shining purple- 
red on outer face, adaxially dull red, corona concolorous; fruits 
geminate, linear-fusiform, green, sepals persisting. 
flowers bottled. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11766 
date: March 15, 1997 
det: P.l. Forster, Dec. 1998 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 767 Myrtaceae 
Syzygium decipiens (Koords. & Valeton) Merr. & Perry 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
near Haia village; colls, centered on 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; hill forest 
with some anthropogenic disturbance, altimeter elev. 2550’ (777 
m). 
canopy tree at edge of old garden; outer bark decorticating, light 
brown; branchlets slender, subterete, dull brown; leaves opposite, 
distichous, dark green, pale green underneath; petioles furrowed; 
panicles usually below the leaves, sometimes interfoliar, rachises 
light green, smooth; flowers cymose, all parts white. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11767 
date: March 15, 1997 
det: WT 
