University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF JAVA 
RHAMNACEAE 
Colubrina asiatica (L.) Brongn. 
Det. By: A. McDonald, January 5, 1993 
Field Char: Lignescent, branching and sprawling 
shrub, to 2 m high. Occasional. In flower and 
fruit. 
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: On border of mangrove swamp and in 
marginal beach vegetation. 
0-5 m,006° 12’S X 105°30’E 
A. McDonald & Afriastini 3361, May 16, 1992 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti- AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z3662-Q, U44Z3663-R 
U44Z3664-S. 
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. 
