University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF CERAM 
University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF CERAM 
GNETACEAE 
Gnetum gnemonoides Brongn. 
Det. By: J.S. Burley, March 30, 1991 
Field Char: Climber 40 m tall x 5 cm diameter. 
Fruits reddish-brown. 
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. 
170 m, 3°11’S X 129°15’E 
J.S. Burley, Tukirin, and Ismail 4307, December 
1, 1990 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z2751-Z, U44Z2752-A 
U44Z2753-C. 
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. 
RUBIACEAE 
Timonius belensis Merr. & Perry 
Det. By: J.S. Burley, March 30, 1990 
Field Char: Tree 15 m x 20 cm dbh. Bark gray, 
rugose; inner bark yellow. Flower white. 
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. 
170 m, 3°11’S X 129°15’E 
J.S. Burley, Tukirin, and Ismail 4309, December 
1, 1990 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z2754-F, U44Z2755-G 
U44Z2756-H. 
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. 
