Plants of Indonesia 
Plants of Indonesia 
Melastomataceae 
Creochiton 
Determined by: 
Locality: 
Borneo. C. Kalimantan. Sintang. HPH Km 70; West of 
camp off main (new) logging road, cutting block and 
surrounding environs. 
Lat.: 
o 
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, c. 15 m long. Calyx pale green. Corolla violet. 
Stamens yellow, stigma pink. 
Local name: 
Notes: 
Sapotaceae 
Palaquium 
Determined by: 
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: 
Small tree 7 m tall, 4 cm dbh. Outer bark greyish-brown. 
Flower bud yellowish-green. Fruit yellowish-green. Leaves 
beneath golden yellow, shiny above. 
Local name: 
Notes: 
Church, A.C., Mahyar, U.W. ,lndah, Ismail, and Hamzah 
"*000 Monday, April 18, 1994 
HERBARIUM BOGORIENSE 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY HERBARIA 
Church, A.C., Mahyar, U.W. ,lndah, Ismail, and Hamzah 
Monday, April 18, 1994 
HERBARIUM BOGORIENSE 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY HERBARIA 
Plants of Indonesia 
Myristicaceae 
Horsfieldia polyspherula (Hook.f. King) Sind, 
polyspherula 
Determined by: de Wilde 2/95 
Locality: 
Borneo. C. Kalimantan. Sintang. HPH Km 70; West of 
camp off main (new) logging road, cutting block and 
surrounding environs. 
Lat.: 
o 
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: 
Small tree 7 m tall, 5 cm dbh. Outer bark grey, fissured. 
Inner bark reddish with red latex. Flower bud green. Leaves 
light lime green beneath. 
Local name: 
Notes: 
Church, A.C., Mahyar, U.W. ,lndah, Ismail, and Hamzah 
1002 Monday, April 18, 1994 
HERBARIUM BOGORIENSE 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY HERBARIA 
