University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF SULAWESI 
MYRISTICACEAE 
Myristica fatua Houtt. 
Det. By: J.S. Burley, November 14, 1990 
Field Char: Tree 35 m tall, 45 cm dbh. Bark 
grey-brown with reticulate cracks; inner bark 
reddish-brown, with red sap. Fruit with 
rusty-brown tomentum; aril lacinate to base, 
yellowish. 
Notes: Wood sample. Trunkbark sample, van 
Balgooy also gives ssp. affinis (Warb.) ilde. 
Locality: North Sulawesi; 220 km W of Manado, 
ca. 50 km inland from Pangi on Sungai Ilanga. 
Habitat: Primary lowland forest; ridge. 
600 m, 0°41’N X 123°40’E 
J.S. Burley, Tukirin et al. 3785, March 11, 1990 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): Q6608941-G, Q6608942-H 
Q6608943-I, Q6608944-J. 
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 SULAWESI 
PIPERACEAE 
Piper 
Det. By: 
Field Char: Woody climber to 15 m high; stem to 
1.5 diameter. Inflorescence yellow. 
Locality: North Sulawesi; 220 km W of Manado, 
ca. 50 km inland from Pangi on Sungai Ilanga. 
Habitat : Primary lowland forest. 
550 m, 0°41’N X 123°40’E 
J.S. Burley, Tukirin et al. 3786, March 11, 1990 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): Q6608945-K, Q6608946-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. 
University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF SULAWESI 
TETRAMELACEAE 
Octomeles sumatrana Miq. 
Det. By: J.S. Burley, November 14, 1990 
Field Char: Emergent tree 50 m tall, 150 cm dbh. 
Bark brown, outer corky, flaking; inner 
fibrous, reddish-brown. Fruit green, pedicels 
pendant. 
Notes: Wood sample/photo. Trunkbark sample. 
Locality: North Sulawesi; 220 km W of Manado, 
ca. 50 km inland from Pangi on Sungai Ilanga. 
Habitat : Primary lowland forest. 
550 m, 0°41’N X 123°40’E 
J.S. Burley, Tukirin et al. 3787, March 11, 1990 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): Q6608947-M, Q6608948-N 
Q6608949-0, Q66O8950-P. 
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 SULAWESI 
ANACARDIACEAE 
Spondias philippinensis 
(Elm.) Airy Shaw & Forman 
Det. By: J.S. Burley, November 14, 1990 
Field Char: Woody climber 40 m tall, stem to 12 
cm diameter. Stem bark brown, coarsely 
sculptured. Fruit green. 
Notes: Wood sample. 
Locality: North Sulawesi; 220 km W of Manado 
ca. 50 km inland from Pangi, on Sungai Ilanga. 
Habitat : Primary lowland forest. 
550 m, 0°41’N X 123°40’E 
J.S. Burley, Tukirin et al. 3790, March 11, 1990 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): Q6608951-Q, Q6608952-R 
Q6608953-S, Q6608954-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. 
