University of Illinois at Chicago 
PLANTS OF JAVA 
MYRTACEAE 
Eugenia polyantha (Wight) Walp. 
Det. By: A. McDonald, January 5, 1993 
Field Char: Tree 30 m tall, branching about 5 m, 
above ground; trunk 60 cm diam.; young leaves 
pink; fruit abundant, red when ripe. 
Notes: Fruits edible, wood durable. 
Locality: Ca. 5 km SE of Taman Jaya, "Kehutan 
Cijaga Besar", Cijaga Besar River watershed. 
Habitat: Primary forest; associated with 
Eugenia, Arenga, Pometia, Polyosma, 
Blumeodendron, etc., slopes to river. 
100 m,006°12’S X 105°30’E 
Local Names: ""Salam"" 
A. McDonald & Afriastini 3427, May 28, 1992 
This is a voucher specimen for 
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening 
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z4573-H, U44Z4574-I 
U44Z4575-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. 
