Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 3387 Myrsinaceae 
Ardisia sp., subg. ?Acrardisia 
conspecific series 13292, 13324, 13387 
Morobe Province; NW of Waria River; buttress ridges 
above Wara Pao, near Yai Village, colls, centered on 
7° 57’ 14” S, 147° 35’ 55” E, natural growth hill and 
ridgeline forest, elev. 200-500 m. 
collection sequence 13382B-13399B; 1 m tall 
understory shrub; leaves thick-coriaceous, adaxially 
dark dull green, abaxially light green; inflorescence 
condensed, racemose; flowers apparently bisexual, 
perianth tetramerous, calyx with red glands; petals 
white, stamens 4, opposite petals; style long but 
included in the bud. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi et al. 13387 
date: June 16, 1999 
det.: WT, April 2001 
