University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF INDONESIA 
MYRISTICACEAE 
Myristica cumingii Airy Shaw 
var. floribunda Warb. 
Det. By: J.S. Burley, November 5, 1989 
Field Char: Tree 25 m high, 30 cm dbh. Bark 
dark-brown to blackish with longitudinal 
cracks; inner bark orange with watery orange 
sap. Flower buds greenish-yellow. 
Notes: Trunk bark sample. 
Locality: W Kalimantan Province, G. Bentuang 
area; 5-10 km N of Masa village, 150 km NE of 
Pontianak. 
Habitat: Ridge system W of Semawang River. 
Mixed Dipterocarp forest on yellow 
clay soils and sandstone bedrock. 
250 m, 0°52’N X 1 10°26’E 
J.S. Burley, Tukirin et al. 2572, June 13, 1989 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): Q66O8490-P, Q6608491-Q 
Q6608492-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. 
