University of Illinois at Chicago University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF CERAM 
MELASTOMATACEAE 
Dissochaeta annulata Hk.f. ex Triana 
Det. By: J.S. Burley, March 30, 1991 
Field Char: Climber to 30 m tall x 3 cm diameter. 
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, 
150-200 m, 3°11’S X 129°15’E 
J.S. Burley, Tukirin, and Ismail 4325, December 
2, 1990 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z2793-V, U44Z2794-W 
U44Z2795-X. 
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. 
PLANTS OF CERAM 
APOCYNACEAE 
Willughbeia apiculata Miq. 
Det. By: J.S. Burley, March 30, 1991 
Field Char: Climber to 20 m tall. White sticky 
latex. Flower greenish-white. 
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 4326, December 
2, 1990 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z2796-Y, U44Z2797-Z. 
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. 
