PLANTS OF INDONESIA 
Melastomataceae Cat. # 2457 
Melastoma polyanthum Bl. 
Det. By: G. Paoli 5/94 
Locality: 
Borneo; W. Kalimantan, Sintang. 
Bukit Baka National Park. East of camp along bank 
of Sungai Ella and environs. 
0037,5 112°15'E Alt: 290 m 
Habitat: 
Mixed dipterocarp forest, associates include Shorea, 
Myrtaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Rubiaceae. Red clay soil. 
Field Char: 
Shrub 2.5 m tall. Branches brown, fissured narrowly, 
hirsute. Uppersurface leaves dark green. 
Undersurface leaves pale green, densely covered 
with white villous hairs. Calyx tube densely covered 
by pinkish-red villous hairs. Petals bright purple. 
Style pink. Stamens purple. 
Church, A.C. 557 4 November 1993 
With Mahyar, U.W., Ruskandi, A. and Nurdin. 
HERBARIUM BOGORIENSE 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY HERBARIA 
PLANTS OF INDONESIA 
Asteraceae Cat. # 2458 
Asteraceae 
Det. By: 
Locality: 
Borneo; W. Kalimantan, Sintang. 
Bukit Baka National Park. East of camp along bank 
of Sungai Ella and environs. 
0037,5 ii 2°15'E Alt: 290 m 
Habitat: 
Mixed dipterocarp forest, associates include Shorea, 
Myrtaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Rubiaceae. Red clay soil. 
Field Char: 
Small shrub 1 m tall. Pappus white, corolla purple. 
Notes: 
Specimen missing! 
Church, A.C. 558 4 November 1993 
With Mahyar, U.W., Ruskandi, A. and Nurdin. 
HERBARIUM BOGORIENSE 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY HERBARIA 
