Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 896 Myristicaceae 
border of Chimbu (Simbu) and Gulf Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, junction of Wara O and the Pio River; elev. 
510-610 m in foothil forest; colls, centered on 6° 47'S, 145° 02’E. 
lactiferous tree; branchlets robust, dark brown, no ants; leaves 
alternate, distichous, dull dark green or yellow-green; 
infructescence infrafoliar, branching; fruits subellipsoid, immature, 
monospermous; epicarp glossy yellow-green; arillode white, 
entire, endosperm ruminate. 
Pawaian tokples name = ‘moo-moo’ 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11896 
date: March 26, 1997 
det: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11897 Meliaceae 
Dysoxylum excelsum Bl. , oraff. ‘alliaceum group’ 
border of Chimbu (Simbu) and Gulf Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, 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; slash red with odor of onions, no exudate; branchlets 
cylindrical, light brown; leaves spiral, papyraceous, dull dark green 
or yellow-green; petiole base brown and swollen; other leaf axes 
terete, smooth, green; infructescence among the leaves, 
racemiform, rachis woody; fruits globose, off-white with faint 
pinkish cast; locules 3 each with 1 seed; arillode purple-red. 
Pawaian tokples name = ‘may’ 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11897 
date: March 26, 1997 
det: WT 
