Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
13134 Rubiaceae 
Xanthophytum papuanum Wernham 
Morobe Province; NW of Waria River; foothills N of 
Wara Pao near Yai Village, colls, centered on 7° 57’ 
14” S, 147° 35’ 55” E, natural growth hill forest with 
low-statured canopy and open understory; elev. 150 
m. 
collection sequence 13134-13151; 2 m shrub in 
understory, limby, branchlets weak, indument lanate 
and orange-brown; leaves decussate; sepals whitish- 
green, orange-brown sericeous; corolla white, 
salverform, petals 5, lanceolate; stigma expanded, 
globose, green. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi et al. 13134 
date: June 5, 1999 
det.: WT, April 2001 
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