University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF JAVA 
SONNERATIACEAE 
Sonneratia caseolaris (L.) Engl. 
Det. By: A. McDonald, January 5, 1993 
Field Char: Tree 15 m high, branching near base 
and above, self-pruning, branches sparse, trunk 
ca. 30 cm diam., cylindrical, not buttressed; 
bark somewhat flaky, light gray, covered with 
epiphytic orchids. 
Notes: Occasional. Sepals green, maroon at base. 
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 islets of mangrove swamp. 
0-5 m,006°12’S X 105°30’E 
A. McDonald & Afriastini 3362, May 16, 1992 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z3665-T, U44Z3666-U 
U44Z3667-V, U44Z3668-W. 
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. 
