University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF CERAM 
University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF CERAM 
MYRISTICACEAE 
Myristica 
Det. By: J.S. Burley, March 30, 1991 
Field Char: Tree 20 m x 20 cm dbh. Bark gray, 
deeply grooved and longitudinally fissured; 
inner bark orangy-red with red watery sap. 
Flower waxy, yellow. Fruit greenish-yellow; 
orangy-reddish aril. 
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. 
275 m, 3°11’S X 129°15’E 
J.S. Burley, Tukirin, and Ismail 4330, December 
3, 1990 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z2803-I, U44Z2804-J 
U44Z2805-K, U44Z2806-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. 
MYRSINACEAE 
Tapeinosperma 
Det. By: J.S. Burley, March 30, 1991 
Field Char: Understory treelet 8 m x 10 cm 
diameter. Single capitate whorl of leaves. 
Bark reddish-brown, flaking; inner bark 
orangy-red. Leaves 130 cm long. Fruits 
orangy-brown. 
Notes: nv. sp. 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. 
200 m, 3°11’S X 129°15’E 
J.S. Burley, Tukirin, and Ismail. 4331, December 
3, 1990 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z2807-M, U44Z2808-N. 
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. 
