University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF JAVA 
CELASTRACEAE 
Salacia macrophylla Bl. 
Det. By: A. McDonald, January 5, 1993 
Field Char: Large liana, growing in canopy ca. 10 
m high; basal stem 6 cm diam. , fruits 
orange-red; inner bark red. 
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. In secondary forest 
(ca. 100 yrs. old) bordering littoral 
vegetation. 
2 m,006°12’S X 105°26’E 
A. McDonald & Afriastini 3411, May 23, 1992 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z4528-I, U44Z4529-J. 
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. 
