Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11836 Clusiaceae 
Calophyllum sp. 
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 11836-11858; 15-20 m tree; outer bark lichen- 
covered; viscous white exudate; twigs terete, often opposed and 
obliquely diverging; young leaves orange in flush; mature leaves 
coriaceous, adaxial surface shiny dark green, abaxially yellow- 
green; costa yellow; flowers fascicled, axillary, pedicels and 
perianth dull white; stamens white with yellow anthers; ovary 
superior, ovoid, smooth, shiny yellow-green; fruits globose, dull 
purple, single seed. 
Pawaian tokples name = ‘te-ah’ (accent first syllable, long ‘e’ 
vowel) 
flowers bottled; wood coll. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11836 
date: March 18, 1997 
det: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11837 Fabaceae 
Mucuna aff. ?lamii Verdcourt 
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). 
sequence 11836-11858; climber on Calophyllum 11836; indument 
of irritant hairs; stems cylindrical, smooth, brownish-green; leaves 
herbaceous, dull green above, purple underneath; petiole base 
and petiolules swollen; inflorescence axillary; calyx green with 
orange-brown sericeous hairs; corolla pale whitish-green. 
flowers bottled. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11837 
date: March 18, 1997 
det: WT 
