University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF JAVA 
PTERIDACEAE 
Acrostichum aureum L. 
Det. By: A. McDonald, January 5, 1993 
Field Char: Branching from base, fronds to 2 m 
long. 
Locality: West border of Ujung Kular Reserve, 
near Taman Jaya, mouth of Taman Jaya River by 
seaside. Littoral and mangrove estuary. Dominants: 
Cocos, Canetum, Ardisia, Rhizophora, etc. 
Habitat: Colonial, in mangrove swamp islets. 
0-5 m,006°12’S X 105°30’E 
A. McDonald & Afriastini 3356, May 15, 1992 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z3592-P, U44Z3593-Q 
U44Z3594-R. 
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. 
