Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 768 Dioscoreaceae 
Dioscorea cf. nummularia Lamk. 
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. 2500’ 
(762 m). 
liane in regrowth; stems slender, terete, purple-green, 
elactiferous; leaves subfleshy, weakly bullate, shiny green, 
margins purple; petiole purple, terete, distally geniculate; 
inflorescence rachis pale green, flowers off-white, tepals 3, 
sepaloid. 
Pawaian tokples name = ‘ubu’, roots are cooked and eaten. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 1 1768 
date: March 15, 1997 
det: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 769 Gesneriaceae 
Cyrtandra sp., § Rhabdocyrtandra 
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). 
understory subshrub, monocaulous; stems soft, dense indument 
of orange-brown hairs; leaves usually 2 per node, unequal, 
sometimes appearing alternate through loss of one member, 
bullate, dull green, hairs spreading; calyx pink-red; corolla obtuse 
in bud, 5 subequal lobes, not markedly bilabiate; stamens white; 
fruits ovoid, green with white hairs, rostrate. 
flowers bottled. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11768 
date: March 15, 1997 
det: WT 
