Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 864 Moraceae 
Ficus odoardi King 
border of Chimbu (Simbu) and Gulf Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, E of Haia village near Wara O, slopes of 
descending buttress ridge to the Pio River, natural growth foothill 
forest; elev. 460 m. 
woody climber; stems terete, dark brown, harshly hairy; leaves 
spiral, dull green, indument irritant; figs globose, solitary in axils, 
receptacle green outside but with bright purple interior. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11864 
date: March 22, 1 997 
det: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 865 Myristicaceae 
Myristica cf. inutilis Rich, ex A. Gray 
subsp. papuana (Markgraf) W.J. de Wilde 
border of Chimbu (Simbu) and Gulf Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, E of Haia village near Wara O, slopes of 
descending buttress ridge to the Pio River, natural growth foothill 
forest; elev. 460 m. 
small tree, dbh 17.5 cm, red exudate; branchlets terete, not lined 
between petioles, indument orange-brown; leaves alternate, 
distichous, fleshy, shiny green above, orange-brown underneath; 
venation yellow; fruits oblongoid, orange-brown, inserted on knobs 
below the leaves, aril fenestrate. 
Pawaian tokples name = ‘we’ (long vowel sound) 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11865 
date: March 22, 1997 
det: WT, 6/97 
