University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF JAVA 
FABACEAE 
Desmodium umbellatum (L.) DC. 
Det. By: A. McDonald, January 5, 1993 
Field Char: Shrubby tree branching from base, 2-3 
m high, stem cylindrical, 1-4 cm in diam., bark 
pale gray; flowers white, fruits pale green 
turning brown. 
Locality: Ujung Kulon Reserve, 1 km SW of Taman 
Jaya along beach, 
Habitat: Seaside forest and shrubby vegetation 
growing in coral based substrate. 
Associates include, Vitex, Ficus, 
Ixora, Desmos, Croton, etc. 
0-5 m,006°12’S X 105°30’E 
A. McDonald & Afriastini 3367, May 16, 1992 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z3680-L, U44Z3681-M 
U44Z3682-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. 
