University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF JAVA 
LYTHRACEAE 
Pemphis acidula J.R. & G. Forst. 
Det. By: A. McDonald, January 5, 1993 
Field Char: Subdominant shrub 2-4 m tall, 
branching from base and above; foliage with a 
pale gray sheen; calyx pink-purplish, petals 
white. 
Locality: Ujung Kulon Reserve, Handeleum Island 
(Timor). In vicinity of PHPA workers 
facilities. 
Habitat: Narrow strip of mangrove vegetation 
rimming island; Associates- Dodonaea, 
Desmodium, Diospyros, Pemphis, 
Sonneratia, Vitex. 
2 m,006°12’S X 105°26’E 
A. McDonald & Afriastini 3408, May 23, 1992 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z4521-Y, U44Z4522-Z 
U44Z4523-A. 
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. 
