Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11782 Melastomataceae 
Medinilla tenuipedicellata Bak. f. 
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). 
miniature epiphyte; stems terete, tuberculate, brown; leaves 
fleshy, glossy green both sides; pedicels red; fruits globose, shiny 
black. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11782 
date: March 15, 1997 
det: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11783 Ericaceae 
Dimorphanthera kempteriana Schltr. 
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’ (760 
m). 
colls sequence 11766-11802; woody climber, occasional; mature 
stems cylindrical, dark grayish-brown; leaves firm, pubescent, 
adaxial surface very dark green, abaxially yellow-green; racemes 
to about 3 cm, all parts pink, axes white-pubescent; staminal 
processes erect and connate, free from anthercells; disk 
pubescent. 
flowers bottled. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11783 
det: PF Stevens, Dec. 1998 
date: March 15, 1997 
