PLANTS OF INDONESIA 
Ochnaceae Cat. # 2497 
Gomphia serrata (Gaertn.) Kanis 
Det. By: 
Locality: 
Borneo; W. Kalimantan, Sintang. 
Bukit Baka National Park. East of camp along 
Sungai Ella and environs. 
0037,5 ii 2°15’E Alt: 290 m 
Habitat: 
Mixed dipterocarp forest, associates include 
Myrtaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Meliaceae, Annonaceae. 
Red clay soil. 
Field Char: 
Tree 8 m tall, 16 cm dbh. Outer bark reddish-orange. 
Leaves pale light green beneath, shiny. Intra- 
marginal veins, 2, visible both sides. Margins w/red 
glandular serration, finely ribbed, sharp. Sepals deep 
cranberry red, inside pale yellow. Petals white. 
Anthers 10. 
Notes: 
Photo: flower. 
Church, A.C. 597 6 November 1993 
With Mahyar, U.W., Ruskandi, A. and Nurdin. 
HERBARIUM BOGORIENSE 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY HERBARIA 
PLANTS OF INDONESIA 
Rubiaceae Cat. # 2498 
Rubiaceae 
Det. By: 
Locality: 
Borneo; W. Kalimantan, Sintang. 
Bukit Baka National Park. East of camp along 
Sungai Ella and environs. 
0037,5 ii 2°15’E Alt: 290 m 
Habitat: 
Mixed dipterocarp forest, associates include 
Myrtaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Meliaceae, Annonaceae. 
Red clay soil. 
Field Char: 
Climber, 6 m. Leaves succulent, undersurface very 
pale green. Stipules 1.5 cm long, brown enclosing 
stem. Calyx green, fleshy, 1 cm. Petals fleshy, 
translucent, recurved, 2 cm. Ovary densely hairy, 
silky white. Style exerted 0.5 cm from apex of ovary, 
stigma bifid, 6 mm long. 
Notes: 
Photo. 
Church, A.C. 598 6 November 1993 
With Mahyar, U.W., Ruskandi, A. and Nurdin. 
HERBARIUM BOGORIENSE 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY HERBARIA 
