University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF JAVA 
ARECACEAE 
Nenga pumila (Mart.) Wendl. 
Det. By: A. McDonald, January 5, 1993 
Field Char: Branching from base, stems 1-20, to 
10 m high, 3-4 cm in diam., leaves 1.5-2 m 
long, sheath ca. 0.4 m long; inflorescence 
branching 4 times, cream-colored and hairyish 
during anthesis. 
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. In flood plain 
dominated by palms in understory. 
100-150 m,006°12’S X 105°30’E 
Local Names: ""Nge-ngen'"' 
A. McDonald & Afriastini 3324, May 9, 1992 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z3511-A, U44Z3512-C. 
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. 
