University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF JAVA 
BISCHOFIACEAE 
Bischofia javanica Blume 
Det. By: A. McDonald, January 5, 1993 
Field Char: Large tree 40 m, trunk 2 m diam. , 
reddish, grooved, buttressed, fruiting branches 
often self-pruning. Uncommon. 
Notes: Fruit edible, sweet, appreciate by 
primate & bats. 
Locality: Ujung Kulon Reserve, Gunung Cibinua, 
Base camp 3 km E of Taman Jaya, Taman Jaya 
River watershed. 
Habitat: Primary or old secondary, riparian 
forest. Canopy 20-30 m high, 
associates: Artocarpus, Ficus, 
Pometia, Eugenia, etc., in boulder 
strewn, ferrosol loam. 
100-150 m,006°12’S X 105°30’E 
Local Names: "Gadog" 
A. McDonald & Afriastini 3303, May 7, 1992 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z0081-V, U44Z0082-W 
U44Z0083-X. 
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 Herbarium Bogoriense, LIPI. 
Please notify Field Museum Herbarium of any new 
determination of this collection, specifying that 
it is a University of Illinois at Chicago voucher. 
