University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF JAVA 
ZINGIBERACEAE 
Amomum cf. coccineum (Bl.) K.Schum. 
Det. By: A. McDonald, January 5, 1993 
Field Char: Locally abundant and subdominant, 
leaves reaching to 8 m, to lm, basal stem 
swollen, rotund; inflorescence 5 cm above soil, 
corolla midrib yellow, margins red, bract pink. 
Notes: Inner leaf bases edible. 
Locality: Ujung Kular Reserve, Genung Cibinua, 
Base camp 3 km E of Taman Jaya, Taman Jaya 
River watershed. 
Habitat: Above river valley ca. 100 m, N side, 
on ridge in secondary forest with 
Aralidium, Albizia, Ficus, Nauclea, 
Piper, etc. 
ca. 250 m,006°12’S X 105°30’E 
Local Names: ""Lajagoa"" 
A. McDonald & Afriastini 3333, May 11, 1992 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z3540-J, U44Z3541-K 
U44Z3542-L. 
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. 
