Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11885 Sapindaceae 
Sarcotechia crispata Welzen 
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. 
tree; branchlets dark brown, sulcate, apical sections with dense 
indument of orange-brown hairs; leaves spiral; leaflets 
coriaceous, undulate, dark green both sides; petiole swollen at 
base; infructescence paniculiform, indument reddish-brown; fruits 
red, glaucous, acutely 3-angled; seeds with orange arillode, 
usually one seed developed and two aborted. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11885 
date: March 25, 1997 
det: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11886A Burseraceae 
Canarium acutifolium (DC.) Merr. 
var. pioriverensis Takeuchi 
Chimbu (Simbu) Gulf Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management 
Area, Pio River; elev. 500 m in alluvial forest; 6° 47’ S, 145° 02’ E. 
canopy tree, deciduous, leaves flushing and beginning to flower at 
time of coll; stipules green, long-acuminate; leaf rachis sulcate, 
cylindrical, purple-green; leaflets chartaceous, adaxially dark dull 
green, abaxially medium green; inflorescence axillary, 
paniculiform, rachis glossy green or reddish-green; flowers in early 
bud, staminate. 
Pawaian name is ‘pay’ 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11 886A 
date: March 25, 1 997 
HOLOTYPE: LAE; ISOTYPES: A, BRIT, L 
