Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 942 Elaeocarpaceae 
Elaeocarpus sphaericus (Gaertn.) K. Schum. 
border of Chimbu (Simbu) and Gulf Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, near junction of Wara O and the Pio River; 
elev. 460 m in alluvial forest; colls, centered on 6° 47’S, 145° 
02’E. 
riverbank tree; branchlets terete, dark brown, produced in relays; 
leaves spiral, coriaceous, dull green with red veins on underside, 
overmature leaves and newly flushed leaves red; inflorescence 
racemose, infrafoliar; petals off-white or pale yellow. 
flowers bottled 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11942 
date: March 30, 1997 
det: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 943 Myrtaceae 
Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & Perry, s. lat. 
keys to the sp. on Hartley & Perry 
border of Chimbu (Simbu) and Gulf Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, near junction of Wara O and the Pio River; 
elev. 460 m in alluvial forest; colls, centered on 6° 47’S, 145° 02’E. 
subarborescent along dry streambed; branchlets terete, pale 
brown; leaves fleshy, dull green or yellow-green; inflorescence 
infrafoliar, rachises green; petals concave, pinkish-red, stamens 
concolorous. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11943 
date: March 30, 1997 
det: WT, 6/97 
