University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF JAVA 
SMILACACEAE 
Smilax zeylaniea L. 
Det. By: A. McDonald, January 5, 1993 
Field Char: Liana in short canopy ca. 5-10 m 
high; stems to 10 m long, new growth very 
thick, 1-1.5 cm diam., old growth spiny, 
flowers on terminal branchlets, flowers 
yellow-green. 
Locality: Ujung Kulon Reserve, ca. 1-5 km SE of 
Taman Jaya Girang, near "Air Panas", a 
geothermal spring. 
Habitat: Secondary forest, canopy ca. 15 m 
high, dominants include Ficus, 
Albizia, Nauclea, etc. 
70 m,006°12’S X 105°30’E 
A. McDonald & Afriastini 3397, May 21, 1992 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z4488-0, U44Z4489-P. 
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. 
