University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF JAVA 
CAESALPINIACEAE 
Cassia tor a Linn. 
Det. By: A. McDonald, January 5, 1993 
Field Char: Short perennial herb to 0.5 m high, 
flowers yellow, broken leaves and stems fetid. 
Locality: Ujung Kulon Reserve, 1 km SW of Taman 
Jaya along beach. 
Habitat: In sand on seashore near mouth of 
river. Vegetation periodically 
disturbed. 
0-5 m,006°12’S X 105°30’E 
A. McDonald & Afriastini 3374, May 17, 1992 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z3698-G. 
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. 
