The Nature Conservancy Botanical Survey 
Flora of Josephstaal, Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 3057 Arecaceae 
Orania macropetala Laut. & K. Schum. 
keys closest to this result on Essig 
Madang Province, Josephstaal FMA area, Guam River 
bridge transects, Annanberg sheet GPS 9496.220 N, 
275.070 E (coordinates from SE corner of countplot 
no. 1 ), elev. 86 m, alluvial forest on successional 
terraces. 
coll, sequence 13056-13071; 10 m forest palm with 
Areca 13056; crown shaft absent; leaves glaucous 
beneath; infructescence axillary, paniculate; fruits 
large and globose. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi & E. Saxon et al. 13057 
date: September 11,1 998 
det.: WT; Jan. 8, 2000 
The Nature Conservancy Botanical Survey 
Flora of Josephstaal, Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
13058 Annonaceae 
Goniothalamus sp. 
conspecific series 13058, 13695, 14093 
Madang Province, Josephstaal FMA area, Guam River 
bridge transects, Annanberg sheet GPS 9496.220 N, 
275.070 E (coordinates from SE corner of countplot 
no. 1), elev. 86 m, alluvial forest on successional 
terraces. 
coll, sequence 13056-13071; 7 m subarborescent; 
leaves distichous, coriaceous, nitid both sides, 
adaxially opaque green, abaxially slightly lighter; 
perianth yellow-green, glabrous or glabrescent; 
infructescence cauline, fruits elongate, reddish-purple 
turning jet black with drying; one large seed per carpel, 
endosperm ruminate. 
carpological coll. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi & E. Saxon et al. 13058 
date: September 11,1 998 
det.: WT; Dec. 27, 1999 
