Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11826 Euphorbiaceae 
Aporusa lamellata Airy Shaw 
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’ (775 
m). 
colls sequence 11806-11835; subcanopy treelet; twigs terete, 
orange-brown, tomentose; stipules foliaceous; leaves alternate, 
distichous, coriaceous, adaxial surface dark green, abaxially light 
green; petioles resembling the twigs; infructescence infrafoliar, 
axes orange-brown tomentose; fruits with same indumentum, 
epicarp channelled, yellowish; seed single. 
wood coll. made. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11826 
date: March 17, 1997 
det: WT; 7/97 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 827 Moraceae 
Ficus homodroma Corner 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
E of Haia village; colls, centered on coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ 
E; hill forest with some anthropogenic disturbance, altimeter elev. 
2550’ (775 m). 
colls sequence 11806-11835; lactiferous canopy tree, 
unbuttressed, bole laxly marked by transverse ridges, outer bark 
pustulate, light brown; twigs terete; stipules acute, sericeous; 
leaves spiral, coriaceous, adaxial surface dark green, abaxially 
light green; receptacle yellow-green; villagers report the figs are 
eaten by bats. 
wood coll. made. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11827 
date: March 17, 1997 
det: WT; 6/97 
