Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11812 Icacinaceae 
Medusanthera sp. nov. 
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 terete, 
virgate, smooth, green; leaves alternate, distichous, bullate, 
herbaceous, dark green; petioles furrowed, green; infructescence 
axillary, pendant, rachises shiny and smooth; drupes green, 
ventral appendage fleshy and dull white. 
fruits bottled. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11812 
date: March 17, 1997 
det: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11813 Cucurbitaceae 
Zehneria mucronata (Bl.) Miq. s.l. 
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; herbaceous vine; stems channelled, dull 
green; tendrils leaf-opposed; lamina herbaceous, bullate, dull 
green; inflorescence axillary, perianth pentamerous, entirely white, 
calyx dentate, corolla valvate; fruits globose or oblongoid, epicarp 
dull green and glaucous, seeds numerous. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11813 
date: March 17, 1997 
det: Brigitta and Willem de Wilde, 23 Aug 2002 
