Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
13394 Rubiaceae 
Urophyllum sp. 
cf. U. glaucescens on Valeton’s key; conspecific series 
13318, 13394, 13397A (Waria series); 14401, 14891, 15089 
(Kamiali series). 
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; small branching 
shrub to 2 m height; leaves thin-papery, sub-bullate, 
adaxially dark dull green, abaxially medium green; 
corolla white, 6-merous, petals reflexed; fruits green 
turning orange. 
coll.; W. Takeuchi et al. 13394 
date: June 16, 1999 
det.: WT, March 2001 
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