University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF CERAM 
MELIOSMACEAE 
Meliosma pinnata (Roxb.) Walp. 
Det. By: J.S. Burley, March 30, 1991 
Field Char: Tree 35 m x 40 cm dbh. Bark gray, 
more or less smooth; inner bark orangy-red. 
Fruit green. 
Notes: Trunkbark specimen. 
Locality: Ceram: c. 40 km E of Masohi in Wae 
Ruatan/Wae Ruwata (Ruwa) catchment-areas. 
Habitat: Steeply dissected ridge; reddish clay 
soil on gray shale and quartzite 
bedrock. Natural forest with 
Myristicaceae, Fagaceae, Myrtaceae, 
and Dipterocarps. 
50-200 m, 3°11’S X 129°15’E 
J.S. Burley, Tukirin, and Ismail 4305, November 
30, 1990 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z2744-S, U44Z2745-T 
U44Z2746-U. 
Collected under the sponsorship of: U.S. National Cancer 
Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago, Arnold 
Arboretum (Harvard University), Field Museum of 
Natural History and Herbarium Bogoriense, LIPI. 
University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF CERAM 
MYRISTICACEAE 
Horsfieldia sylvestris (Houtt.) Warb. 
Det. By: J.S. Burley, March 30, 1991 
Field Char: Tree 25 m x 20 cm dbh. Bark 
reddish-brown, flaking; inner bark orangy-red 
with red sap. Fruit bright orange with red 
sap. Flower orange. 
Notes: Trunkbark specimen. 
Locality: Ceram: c. 40 km E of Masohi in Wae 
Ruatan/Wae Ruwata (Ruwa) catchment areas. 
Habitat: Steeply dissected ridge; reddish clay 
soil on gray shale and quartzite 
bedrock. Natural forest with 
Myristicaceae, Fagaceae, Myrtaceae, 
and Dipterocarps. 
150-200 m, 3°11’S X 129°15’E 
J.S. Burley, Tukirin, and Ismail 4306, November 
30, 1990 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z2747-V, U44Z2748-W 
U44Z2749-X, U44Z2750-Y. 
Collected under the sponsorship of: U.S. National Cancer 
Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago, Arnold 
Arboretum (Harvard University), Field Museum of 
Natural History and Herbarium Bogoriense, LIPI. 
