Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 808 Thymelaeaceae 
Phaleria sogerensis S. Moore 
keys closest to this sp. on Ding Hou 
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. 2550’ (777 
m). 
sequence 11806-11835; understory shrub 2-3m tall; branchlets 
terete, smooth, shiny; leaves opposite, distichous, coriaceous, 
dull green; inflorescence with ca. 12 flowers; flowers axillary, 
sessile, ca. 1 cm long, usually in terminal axils or immediately 
below the apical axil; perianth white, monochlamydeous, outer 
tube glabrous, lobes 4; stamens 8, exserted, filaments white, 
anthers yellow; fruits obovoid, subsessile, red. 
flowers bottled. 
Pawaian tokples name = ‘sine’ (one syllable) 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11808 
date: March 17, 1997 
det: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11809 Meliaceae 
Aglaia subminutiflora C. DC. 
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. 2550’ (777 
m). 
sequence 11806-11835; understory shrub; branchlets virgate, 
pale brown; leaves spiral, imparipinnate, indument of orange- 
brown stellate scales; leaves herbaceous, dark green; leaflets 
opposed; fruits globose-oblongoid, solitary in axils, indehiscent, 
epicarp dull orange. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11809 
date: March 17, 1997 
det: WT 
