Flora of Josephstaal, Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
13609 Cucurbitaceae 
Zehneria mucronata (Blume) Miq. 
Madang Province, Josephstaal FMA area, near 
Kumamdeber, along streambed flowing to SW of 
expedition Camp 1 and returning along ridgeline; 
streambed bordered by many landslides, mostly with 
early successional vegetation but also with mature 
forest patches on higher slopes; Kumamdeber GPS 
281407 E, 9504560 N, elev. 530 ft. (ca. 160 m), the 
stream joins a larger tributary at GPS 28151 E, 
950298 N. 
coll, sequence 13608-13646; herbaceous liane on 
streambed; stems green and smooth; leaves 
chartaceous, deltate, adaxially dark green, abaxially 
light green; fruits globse, exocarp nitid red, smooth; 
seeds compressed, about 12 per fruit. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi, J. Wiakabu, M. Gorrez, A. Towati 13609 
date: July 31, 1999 
det.: WT; Dec. 1999 
Flora of Josephstaal, Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
13610 Piperaceae 
Piper plagiophyllum K. Schum. & Laut. 
Madang Province, Josephstaal FMA area, near 
Kumamdeber, along streambed flowing to SW of 
expedition Camp 1 and returning along ridgeline; 
streambed bordered by many landslides, mostly with 
early successional vegetation but also with mature 
forest patches on higher slopes; Kumamdeber GPS 
281407 E, 9504560 N, elev. 530 ft. (ca. 160 m), the 
stream joins a larger tributary at GPS 28151 E, 
950298 N. 
coll, sequence 13608-13646; small shrub; leaves 
aromatic, herbaceous, adaxially opaque dark green, 
abaxially glaucescent and puberulent; spikes whitish, 
bractlets fimbriate. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi, J. Wiakabu, M. Gorrez, A. Towati 13610 
date: July 31, 1999 
det.: WT; Nov. 24, 1999 
