University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF IRIAN JAY A 
APOCYNACEAE 
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Field Char: Uncommon understory tree 12 m tall, 
branching midway up, lateral stems 
perpendicular to bole, bole straight, 6 cm dbh; 
bark gray, rough; corolla white, segments 
twisted. 
Locality: Irian Jay a: Sarmi Province, slopes of 
small mountain ridge rising from coastal plain, 
"Gunung Top", west of Sungai Tor, east of 
Sungai Waske, vicinity of Sewan village near 
Titfe stream. 
Habitat: Primary lowland forest, canopy 10-60 m 
tall. Associates diverse, include 
Sterculia, Knema, Polyalthia, 
Zizyphus, Pometia, etc. 
10-100 m, 2° 4’S X 138°46’E 
McDonald & Ismail 3691, May 23, 1993 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z4948-0, U44Z4949-P 
U44Z4950-Q. 
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 BO/LIPI. 
