University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF JAVA 
EUPHORBIACEAE 
Glochidion rubrum Bl. 
Det. By: A. McDonald, January 5, 1993 
Field Char: Tree 10 m, branching above; inner 
bark reddish brown. Fruits green, turning 
reddish. 
Notes: Young leaves edible. 
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 
Local Names: '"'Mareme'"' 
A. McDonald & Afriastini 3412, May 24, 1992 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti- AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z4530-K, U44Z4531-L 
U44Z4532-M. 
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. 
