Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
13316 Euphorbiaceae 
Mallotus oblongifolius (Miq.) Muell. Arg. 
var. villosulus Pax & Hoffm. 
Morobe Province; NW of Waria River; low ridges S of 
Wara Pao, near Yai Village, colls, centered on 7° 57’ 
14” S, 147° 35’ 55” E, elev. ca. 200 m. 
collection sequence 13297-13325; shrub on banks of 
small stream; branchlets terete, brownish-green; 
leaves dry-papery or herbaceous, adaxially very dark 
dull green, abaxially light green; petiole terete, 
geniculate, swollen at both poles, concolorous with 
stems; ovary green with spiniform excrescences, style 
short, green, stigma 3-fid, recurved, papillate, white; 
fruits 3-cocci, dull light green, spines pliant. 
flowers bottled. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi et al. 13316 
date: June 12, 1999 
det.: WT, April 23, 2001 
