The Nature Conservancy Botanical Survey 
Flora of Josephstaal, Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
13093 Annonaceae 
Goniothalamus cf. aruensis Scheffer 
Madang Province, Josephstaal FMA area, foothills 
near Wagedav village, near GPS 292.036 E, 9504.161 
N (Manam topographic sheet), elevation 450 - 500 m, 
riverine flats and foothill forest; successional sequence 
of subsistence gardens and natural growth forest. 
coll, sequence 13078-13100; subarborescent in 
understory; branchlets black, glabrous; leaves 
distichous, coriaceous, adaxially dark green, abaxially 
yellow-green; flowers cauline, perianth segments 
yellow-green turning purple at base; 3 small sepals, 
petals 3+3, the outer whorl exceeding the inner petals; 
fruits rostrate, exocarp nitid orange-red; single seed 
with ruminate endosperm. 
flowers bottled 
coll.: W. Takeuchi & E. Saxon et al. 13093 
date: September 1 5, 1 998 
det.: WT; Dec. 27, 1999 
The Nature Conservancy Botanical Survey 
Flora of Josephstaal, Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
13094 Heliconiaceae 
Heliconia papuana W.J. Kress 
Madang Province, Josephstaal FMA area, foothills 
near Wagedav village, near GPS 292.036 E, 9504.161 
N (Manam topographic sheet), elevation 450 - 500 m, 
riverine flats and foothill forest; successional sequence 
of subsistence gardens and natural growth forest. 
coll, sequence 13078-13100; understory herb, 
common; leaves Musa-like, blades 160 x 40 m, petiole 
60 cm; inflorescence erect; bracts distichous, yellow- 
green; calyx orange-yellow. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi & E. Saxon et al. 13094 
date: September 15, 1998 
det.: WT; Nov. 28, 1999 
