University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF IRIAN JAY A 
ARALIACEAE 
?Fatsia 
Det. By: 
Field Char: Occasional riparian tree, branching 
from base thrice, boles cylindrical, to 20 cm 
diam.; bark smooth, pale gray; fruits maturing 
from pale green to dark purple. 
Locality: Irian Jaya: 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 3692, May 23, 1993 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z495I-R, U44Z4952-S 
U44Z4953-T. 
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. 
