PLANTS OF INDONESIA 
Meliaceae Cat. # 3759 
Chisocheton cumingianus (DC.) Harms cumingianus 
Det. By: McDonald 1993 
Locality: 
New Guinea; Sarmi, 
Coastal plain, 1-3 km N of Sewan on the Waske 
River. 
2°4'S 138°46'E Alt: 10-20 m 
Habitat: 
Primary lowland forest, canopy 25-45 m high, 
associates diverse, including Celtis, Sterculia, 
Pometia, Ficus, Oncospermum, and sundry 
Rubiaceae. 
Field Char: 
Canopy tree, 45 m tall, branching midway up; bole 
somewhat crooked, much contoured, buttressed at 
base, 60 cm diam.; bark tan-gray, smooth, sparingly 
flaky; flowers abundant, cauliflorous on lateral 
branches, in bud, corollas tubular, yellow-green. 
McDonald & Ismail 3759 31 May 1993 
HERBARIUM BOGORIENSE 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY HERBARIA 
PLANTS OF INDONESIA 
Cat. # 3760 
Sloetia sp. 
Det. By: McDonald 1993 
Locality: 
New Guinea; Sarmi, 
Coastal plain, 1-3 km N of Sewan on the Waske 
River. 
2°4’S 138°46’E Alt: 10-20 m 
Habitat: 
Primary lowland forest, canopy 25-45 m high, 
associates diverse, including Celtis, Sterculia, 
Pometia, Ficus, Oncospermum, and sundry 
Rubiaceae. 
Field Char: 
Short canopy tree 20 m tall, branching midway up; 
bole straight, cylindrical, 25 cm diam.; bark 
narrowly fissured, covered with orange and pale gray 
lichen; ovaries green, stigmas sub-plumose; fruits 
green and reddish (like immature apples). 
McDonald & Ismail 3760 31 May 1993 
HERBARIUM BOGORIENSE 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY HERBARIA 
