Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11879 Meliaceae 
Aglaia agglomerata Merr. & Perry 
border of Chimbu (Simbu) and Gulf Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, near junction of Wara O and the Pio River; 
elev. 510-610 m in foothil forest; colls, centered on 6° 47’S, 145° 
02’E. 
small tree; branchlets terete, not fistulose, scales orange-brown; 
leaves spiral, papyraceous, dull green; infructescence axillary, 
paniculate; fruits globose, indehiscent, orange-brown, 
monospermous; arillode orange. 
Pawaian name is ‘orai-may’ 
coll: W. Takeuchi 1 1879 
date: March 24, 1 997 
det: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 880 Marantaceae 
Phrynium aff. pedunculatum Warburg 
border of Chimbu (Simbu) and Gulf Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, near junction of Wara O and the Pio River; 
elev. 510-610 m in foothil forest; colls, centered on 6° 47’S, 145° 
02'E. 
terrestrial herb in understory, occasional; leaf bases distichous, 
secund; blades papyraceous, dull green; petioles furrowed, 
smooth, yellow-green, geniculate at the top; infructescence 
emerging from groundlevel, capitate, bracts numerous, bright red; 
fruits acutely 3-angled, epicarp dull green, crowned by 3 erect red 
styles, valves 3. 
Pawaian name is ‘humu’ 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11880 
date: March 24, 1997 
det: WT, 1/98 
