University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF CERAM 
University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF CERAM 
MYRISTICACEAE 
Horsfieldia irya (Gaertn.) Warb. 
Det. By: J.S. Burley, March 30, 1991 
Field Char: Tree 18 m x 20 cm dbh. Bark 
reddish-brown, coursely flaking; inner bark red 
with red watery sap. 
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. 
150-200 m, 3°11’S X 129°15’E 
J.S. Burley, Tukirin, and Ismail 4320, December 
2, 1990 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z2781-J, U44Z2782-K 
U44Z2783-L. 
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. 
ELAEOCARPACEAE 
Dubouzetia dentata A.C. Smith 
Det. By: J.S. Burley, March 30, 1991 
Field Char: Tree 15 m x 12 cm dbh. Bark grayish, 
roughly cracking and scaly; inner bark 
yellowish. Senescent leaves bright red. Fruit 
blackish at maturity, splitting by 8 valves, 
seeds yellowish. 
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 4321, December 
2, 1990 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z2784-M, U44Z2785-N 
U44Z2786-0. 
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. 
