University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF JAVA 
ARECACEAE 
Pinanga coronata (Bl. ex Mart.) Bl. 
Det. By: A. McDonald, January 5, 1993 
Field Char: Stems branching from base, 1-5, to 15 
m high, 4-6 cm in diam., leaves 2-3 m long, 
sheath ca. 0.8 m long; inflorescence 
16-branched, rachis red, fruits changing from 
yellow to red to maroon. 
Notes: On flood plain of river dominated by 
palms in understory. 
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: ""Bing-bin"" 
A. McDonald & Afriastini 3325, May 9, 1992 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z3513-F, U44Z3514-G 
U44Z3515-H. 
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. 
