PLANTS OF INDONESIA 
Arecaceae Cat. # 3743 
Sommieria elegans Becc. 
Det. By: McDonald 1993 
Locality: 
New Guinea; Sarmi, 
Upper ridges of small mountain emerging from 
coastal plain; W of Sungai Tor, E of Sungai Waske, 
near Sewan vill. 
2°4' 138°46'Alt: 200-300 m 
Habitat: 
Primary, low-montane forest, canopy 20-50 m tall; 
associates include: Myristica, Mammea, Semecarpus, 
Chionanthus, Gonocaryum. 
Field Char: 
Understory palm, 1-3 m tall, basal stem solitary, 2-4 
cm diam., terete; foliage in rosette; fronds 1-1.5 m 
long, deeply bifid at apex, corrugate; flowers yellow- 
brown; berries cream with brown indumentum 
turning red at maturity. 
McDonald & Ismail 3743 28 May 1993 
HERBARIUM BOGORIENSE 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY HERBARIA 
PLANTS OF INDONESIA 
Oleaceae Cat. # 3744 
Chionanthus ramiflorus Roxb. 
Det. By: McDonald 1993 
Locality: 
New Guinea; Sarmi, 
Coastal plain and Gunung Top, W of Sungai Tor, E 
of Sungai Waske, vie. of Sewan village on Titve 
stream. 
2°4'S 138°46'E Alt: 10-100 m 
Habitat: 
Primary lowland forest, canopy 10-60 m high; 
associates diverse, include: Sterculia, Knema, 
Polyathia, Pometia. 
Field Char: 
Canopy tree 24 m tall, branching midway up; bole 
straight, cylindrical, 25 cm diam.; bark pale gray, 
smoothish; flowers yellow-green, stamens 2; fruit 
green, pale-corky below. 
McDonald & Ismail 3744 29 May 1993 
HERBARIUM BOGORIENSE 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY HERBARIA 
