Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
13130 Melastomataceae 
Medinilla sp., quadrifolia group 
Morobe Province; foothills NW of the Waria River; 
alluvial terraces along Pao streambed by Yai Village, 
colls, centered on 7° 57’ 14” S, 147° 35’ 55” E, elev. 150 
m. 
collection sequence 13115-13133; epiphytic shrub with 
hanging branches; leaves 4-whorled, blades fleshy, 
adaxially dark green, abaxially yellow-green; berry 
globose, reddish-purple; calyx remnant ?6-merous. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi et al. 13130 
date: June 4, 1999 
det.: WT, June 2001 
