Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11950 Sapindaceae 
Lepidopetalum xylocarpum Radik. 
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; branchlets slender, scraggly, woody to the apex; 
leaves imparipinnate; leaflets opposed, pliant, green, rachis 
brown; infructescence pendant, fruits orange-red, ceraceous, 
stipitate, opening on 2 fleshy valves, monospermous; seed bright 
green, arillode translucent, open distally. 
fruits bottled 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11950 
date: March 30, 1 997 
det: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11951 Rubiaceae 
Neonauclea cf. perspicuinervia Merr. & 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. 
tree on riverbank; leaves herbaceous, sub-bullate, dark green or 
yellow-green; stipules very large, oval in outline; inflorescence 
terminal, globose, entirely light green turning brown. 
coll: W. Takeuchi 11951 
date: March 30, 1997 
det: WT 
