University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF CERAM 
PROTEACEAE 
Helicia excelsa (Roxb.) Bl. 
Det. By: J.S. Burley, March 30, 1991 
Field Char: Tree 25 m x 25 cm dbh. Bark gray 
with transverse, shallow grooves; inner bark 
streaked with red. Flower creamy white. 
Notes: Photo. 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. 
175 m, 3°11’S X 129°15’E 
J.S. Burley, Tukirin, and Ismail 4311, December 
1, 1990 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z2757-I, U44Z2758-J 
U44Z2759-K. 
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 
CAESALPINIACEAE 
Bauhinia kockiana (Khs.) Bth. 
Det. By: J.S. Burley, March 30, 1991 
Field Char: Climber 20 m tall x 5 cm diameter. 
Flower greenish-white. 
Notes: Photo. 
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. 
175 m, 3°11’S X 129°15’E 
J.S. Burley, Tukirin, and Ismail 4312, December 
1, 1990 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z2760-L, U44Z2761-M. 
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. 
