Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
14450 Leguminosae/Fabaceae 
Desmodium umbellatum (L.) DC. 
Morobe Province; Kamiali ICAD Conservation Area; 
arborescent strand community immediately inland of 
beach sand, near mouth of Alealer River at Sachsen 
Bay; elev. 0-5 m; colls, centered on 7° 19.5’ x 147° 7.8’. 
collection sequence 14443-14460; 2 m shrub in strand 
zone with Timonius and Gymnostoma, common; leaves 
herbaceous, adaxial surface medium green, abaxially 
pale green. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi & M. Kuduk 14450 
date: Jan. 22, 1998 
det.: WT, April 2001 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
14451 Flacourtiaceae 
Casearia aff. erythrocarpa Sleumer 
closest result on Sleumer’s key but fruits not matching 
description; conspecific series 14327, 14339, 14368, 14451, 
14701, 14806, 14846, 14861, 14909 
Morobe Province; Kamiali ICAD Conservation Area; 
arborescent strand community immediately inland of 
beach sand, near mouth of Alealer River at Sachsen 
Bay; elev. 0-5 m; colls, centered on 7° 19.5’ x 147° 7.8’. 
collection sequence 14443-14460; 1.5 m sparingly 
branched shrub on forest margin with Timonius and 
Myrtella; stems green, pubescent; indument orange- 
brown, densely velutinous; stipules to 10 mm long, 
subulate, persisting; leaves bullate, adaxial surface dark 
green, abaxially yellow-green; flowers in axillary 
fascicles, small, yellowish. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi & M. Kuduk 14451 
date: Jan. 22, 1998 
det.: WT, April 19, 2001 
