University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF CERAM 
University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF CERAM 
RUBIACEAE 
Canthium 
Det. By: J.S. Burley, March 30, 1991 
Field Char: Tree 10 m x 10 cm dbh. Bark gray, 
rugose-tuberculate; inner bark yellowish. 
Flower orangy-yellow. Fruit (immature) green. 
Notes: Trunkbark specimen. 
Locality: Ceram: c. 40 km E of Masohi in Wae 
RuatanAVae Ruwata (Ruwa) catchment areas. 
Habitat: Steely dissected ridge; reddish clay 
soil on gray shale and quartzite 
bedrock. Natural forest with 
Myristicaceae, Fagaceae, Myrtaceae, 
and Dipterocarps. 
250 m, 3°11’S X 129°15’E 
J.S. Burley, Tukirin, and Ismail 4373, December 
9, 1990 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z2925-P, U44Z2926-Q 
U44Z2927-R. 
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. 
URTICACEAE 
Laportea decumana (Roxb.) Wedd. 
Det. By: J.S. Burley, March 30, 1991 
Field Char: Weedy herb to 1.5 m tall. 
Inflorescence purple. 
Notes: Irritant stinging hairs on leaf and stem. 
Locality: Ceram: c. 40 km E of Masohi in Wae 
RuatanAVae Ruwata (Ruwa) catchment areas. 
Habitat: Riverine forest beside tributary of 
Wae Misa. 
150 m, 3°1US X 129°15’E 
Med Uses: To relieve pain and tiredness 
J.S. Burley, Tukirin, and Ismail 4374, December 
9, 1990 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z2928-S, U44Z2929-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. 
