University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF JAVA 
CYPERACEAE 
Cyperus javanicus Houtt. 
Det. By: A. McDonald, January 5, 1993 
Field Char: Herb, to 0.5-1 m high, growing in 
clumps. 
Locality: West border of Ujung Kulon Reserve, 
near Taman Jaya, mouth of Taman Jaya River by 
seaside. Littoral and mangrove estuary. 
Dominants: Cocos, Canetum, Ardisia, Rhizophora, 
etc. 
Habitat: Occasional and locally abundant, half-submerged 
or not in brackish water at edge of mangrove swamp. 
0-5 m,006°12’S X 105°30’E 
A. McDonald & Afriastini 3359, May 16, 1992 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z3659-N. 
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. 
