PLANTS OF INDONESIA 
Arecaceae Cat. # 3763 
Borassus Heineana Becc. 
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: 
Midstory palm, 13 m tall; bole straight, 30 cm diam., 
intemodes ca. 10 cm long; leaves 4-6 cm long, 
segments palmate, 50-60, lamina 1-2 m long, dark 
green, petioles 2-4 m long, 3-10 cm wide; fruits 5-7 
per inflorescence, roundish, ca. 12 cm long, hard, 
woody, apex umbinate. 
McDonald & Ismail 3763 1 June 1993 
HERBARIUM BOGORIENSE 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY HERBARIA 
PLANTS OF INDONESIA 
Euphorbiaceae Cat. # 3764 
Baccaurea 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: 
Canopy tree 30 m tall, branching above; bole 
striaght, cylindrical, 40 cm diam.; bark tan 
smoothish; fruits subrotund, orange at maturity. 
McDonald & Ismail 3764 1 June 1993 
HERBARIUM BOGORIENSE 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY HERBARIA 
