Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 4502 Apocynaceae 
Parsonsia oligantha (K. Schum.) D.J. Middleton 
Morobe Province; Gabensis, lowland forest at elev. ca. 
200 m, 6°44’S, 146°46’E. 
liane, common in regrowth or forest edge situations; 
leaves herbaceous, adaxially dull dark green, abaxially 
pale green; exocarp softly spinose, green turning black 
after dehiscence. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 14502 
date: June 18,2000 
det. WT, April 2001 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
14503 Apocynaceae 
Cerbera floribunda K. Schum. 
Morobe Province; Gabensis, lowland forest at elev. ca. 
200 m, in advanced regrowth with anthropogenic 
disturbance, 6°44’S, 146°46’E. 
common lactiferous tree; leaves herbaceous, light 
green; fruits pendant, firm, exocarp nitid green. 
carpological coll. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 14503 
date: June 18,2000 
det. WT, April 2001 
