University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF CERAM 
XYRISTICACEAE 
Myristica lancifolia Poir. 
Det. By: J.S. Burley, March 30, 1991 
Field Char: Understory tree 8 m x 15 cm. Bark 
dark brown, rugose; inner bark orangy-red with 
red watery sap. Fruit orange; aril sealing-wax 
red, seed brown. 
Notes: Photo. Trunkbark specimen. 
Locality: Ceram: c. 40 km E of Masohi in Wae 
Ruatan/Wae Ruwata (Ruwa) catchment areas. 
Habitat: Riverine forest beside Wae Inoi. 
150 m, 3°11’S X 129°15’E 
J.S. Burley, Tukirin, and Ismail. 4348, December 
5, 1990 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z2854-N, U44Z2855-0 
U44Z2856-P, U44Z2857-Q. 
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 
MYRTACEAE 
Syzygium 
Det. By: J.S. Burley, March 30, 1991 
Field Char: Tree 25 m x 30 cm dbh. Bark 
rusty-red, soft, flaking; inner bark dull 
orange. Flower greenish. Fruit red; 
Rhamniflorous. 
Notes: Photo. Trunkbark specimen. 
Locality: Ceram: c. 40 km E of Masohi in Wae 
Ruatan/Wae Ruwata (Ruwa) catchment areas. 
Habitat: Riverine forest beside Wae Inoi. 
150 m, 3°11’S X 129°15’E 
J.S. Burley, Tukirin, and Ismail. 4349, December 
5, 1990 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z2858-R, U44Z2859-S 
U44Z2860-T. 
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. 
