Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
13362 Urticaceae 
Procris frutescens (Winkler) Schroter 
Morobe Province; NW of Waria River; along the 
streambed of Wara Eya, near Yai Village, colls, 
centered on 7° 57’ 14” S, 147° 35’ 55” E, natural growth 
alluvial forest, elev. 1 50-200 m. 
collection sequence 13348-13382; herbs on 
streambanks and logs; stems juicy, green; leaves 
fleshy, adaxially dark green, abaxially yellow-green, 
underleaf squamulate and with lax white hairs; female 
inflorescence hemispherical, green; male inflorescence 
pedunculate, light green, anthers white. 
coll: W. Takeuchi et al. 13362 
date: June 15, 1999 
det.: WT 
