Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11804 Solanaceae 
Solanum cf. pustulatum Symon (subg. Lycianthes) 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Papua side; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, E of Haia village along Wara Sename (see- 
nay-me); colls, centered on 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; riverine regrowth 
at altimeter elev. 2425’ (740 m). 
colls sequence 11803-11805; woody climber; stems and twigs 
pale brown; leaves alternate, distichous, reduced auriculiform 
member evanescent; major blades papyraceous, sub-bullate, 
adaxial surface shining medium green, abaxially yellowish-green; 
inflorescence infrafoliar, fascicled; flowers: calyx white or cream; 
petals 5, free, recurved, mostly white with faint purple tint; 
stamens 5, white; style also white; infructescence with axes 
pustulate, pale brown and twiglike in coloration; epicarp smooth, 
green turning purple-black. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11804 
date: March 16, 1997 
det: conf. Symon, 7/98 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 805 Flacourtiaceae 
Casearia cf. papuana Sleumer 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
around Haia village, along Wara Sename; colls, centered on 6° 
43’ S, 145° 00' E; alluvial forest with some anthropogenic 
disturbance, altimeter elev. 2425’ (740 m). 
4m shrub; branchlets terete, fractiflex, smooth, green; leaves 
alternate, distichous, herbaceous, glabrous, dark green; calyx 5, 
acute; fruits orange-red, 3 valves, inner surfaces bright orange- 
yellow; seeds with red arillode. 
Pawaian tokples name = ‘hou-tu’ 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11805 
date: March 16, 1997 
det: WT 
