Flora of Josephstaal, Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
13639 Annonaceae 
Goniothalamus cf. imbricatus Scheffer 
population series 13475, 13639, 13840, 13948, 13950, 
14172, 14186 
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; understory shrub; 
leaves papyraceous, bullate, adaxially very dark 
green, abaxially pale green; infructescence with ca. 10 
carpels on a 2 cm peduncle, 2 seeds, pericarp orange- 
yellow, warty (? mite damage). 
coll.: W. Takeuchi, J. Wiakabu, M. Gorrez, A. Towati 13639 
date: July 31, 1999 
det.: WT; Dec. 27, 1999 
Flora of Josephstaal, Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 3640 Araceae 
Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott 
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; large terrestrial herb; 
leaves peltate, papyraceous, adaxially opaque green, 
abaxially glaucescent; inflorescences several per axil. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi, J. Wiakabu, M. Gorrez, A. Towati 13640 
date: July 31, 1999 
det.: WT; Jan. 6, 2000 
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