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Plants of Indonesia 
Plants of Indonesia 
Annonaceae 
Fissistigma latifolia Hook.f. & Th. 
Determined by: A.C. Church 8/94 
Locality: 
Borneo. C. Kalimantan. Sintang. HPH Km 70; West of 
camp off main (new) logging road, cutting block and 
surrounding environs. 
Lat.: 0 o 51 ' 53.6 " S 
Long.: 112° 13' 29.9" E 
Habitat Alt. 120 m 
Mixed Dipterocarp forest, associates: Shorea, Vatica, 
Horsfieldia. Newly disturbed forest. Red clay soil. 
Morphology: 
Climber, 20 m long. Outer bark light brown, young twigs 
covered by brown indumentum. Flower buds yellowish- 
green, w/ rust pubescence. Inner calyx pale yellow, corolla 
pale yellow, recurved at apex. Anthers light yellow, style w/ 
brown pilose hairs. 
Local name: 
Notes: 
Church, A.C., Mahyar, U.W. ,lndah, Ismail, and Hamzah 
983 Sunday, April 17, 1994 
HERBARIUM BOGORIENSE 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY HERBARIA 
Ebenaceae 
Diospyros borneensis Hierm. 
Determined by: A.C. Church 6/94 
Locality: 
Borneo. C. Kalimantan. Sintang. HPH Km 70; West of 
camp off main (new) logging road, cutting block and 
surrounding environs. 
Lat.: 0 ° 51 ' 53.6 “ S 
Long.: 112 ° 13 ' 29.9 " E 
Habitat Alt. 120 m 
Mixed Dipterocarp forest, associates: Shorea, Vatica, 
Horsfieldia. Newly disturbed forest. Red clay soil. 
Morphology: 
Tall tree 20 m, 15 cm dbh. Outer bark black, fissured. Inner 
bark salmon-pink. Wood cream. Latex yellow. Twigs 
charcoal grey, deeply fissured. Leaves leathery, light green 
beneath. Cauliflorous, flower buds dark pink w/ white hairs. 
Local name: Kumpang balik 
Notes: Wood used for statues to "invite" evil sprits to treat 
the ill. 
Church, A.C., Mahyar, U.W. ,lndah, Ismail, and Hamzah 
Sunday, April 17, 1994 
HERBARIUM BOGORIENSE 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY HERBARIA 
