University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF JAVA 
TURNERACEAE 
Turnera ulmifolia L. 
Det. By: A. McDonald, January 5, 1993 
Field Char: Herbaceous shrub ca. 1 m high, flower 
yellow. 
Locality: West border of Ujung Kular Reserve, 
near Taman Jaya, mouth of Tainan Jaya River by 
seaside. Littoral and mangrove estuary. 
Dominants: Cocos, Canetum, Ardisia, Rhizophora, 
etc. 
Habitat: Common weed just before beach on 
border of Cocos-Canetum forest. 
0-5 m,006°12’S X 105°30’E 
A. McDonald & Afriastini 3353, May 15, 1992 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z3585-I, U44Z3586-J. 
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. 
