Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11926 Rubiaceae 
Ixora leptopus Valeton, or aff. 
keys to the species on Bremek. 
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. 
understory shrub; branchlets slender, dull brown; foliage sparse, 
leaves subsessile, papyraceous, dull green above, pale green 
beneath; inflorescence terminal, cymose, rachises light green, 
peduncle 5cm long; fruits globose, immature, light green. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11926 
date: March 28, 1997 
det: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 927 Araceae 
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. 
adhesive climber; leaves pliant, bullate, dull dark green; petioles 
adaxially flattened; spathe yellow. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11927 
date: March 28, 1 997 
det: WT 
