Plants of Indonesia 
Plants of Indonesia 
Melastomataceae 
Pternandra azurea (Bl.) Burck 
Determined by: Ismail 12/97 
Locality: 
Borneo. Kalimantan Barat. Ketapang. Gunung Palung 
National Park, Cabang Panti Research Site, BC9.49n1 
Lat.: 1 o 13 1 " S 
Long.: 110 o 6' " E 
Habitat Alt. 55 m 
Lowland mixed dipterocarp forest on sandy clay soils. 
Morphology: 
Tree 10 m tall, 16 cm dbh. Outer bark light brown, finely 
fissured. Inner bark orange, slight peppery smell. Bole 
slightly fluted. Fruits with green stalk and calyx, covered in 
purple spines. 
Lauraceae 
Litsea trunciflora Gamble 
Determined by: Ismail 12/97 
Locality: 
Borneo. Kalimantan Barat. Ketapang. Gunung Palung 
National Park, Cabang Panti Research Site, BC7.40n2 
Lat.: 1 o 13 ' " S 
Long.: 110 o 6' " E 
Habitat Alt. 50 m 
Lowland mixed dipterocarp forest on sandy clay soils. 
Morphology: 
Small tree 4 m tall, 3 cm dbh. Outer bark green-grey. Inner 
bark green, aromatic. Flowers pale green except stigma 
white. Fruits pale green. 
Local name: 
Notes: photo, DNA 
T. G. Laman, Ismail A. Rachman, Edi Mirmanto 
TL286 Sunday, November 03, 1996 
HERBARIUM BOGORIENSE & HARVARD UNIVERSITY 
HERBARIA 
Plants of Indonesia 
Melastomataceae 
Medinilla constricta (Bl.) Clausing 
Determined by: Ismail 12/97 
Locality: 
Borneo. Kalimantan Barat. Ketapang. Gunung Palung 
National Park, Cabang Panti Research Site, SC4 
Lat.: 1 o 13 ' " S 
Long.: 110 o 6' " E 
Habitat Alt. 20 m 
Freshwater swamp forest. 
Morphology: 
Epiphyte on 30 cm tree 5 m up. Flowers: calyx pale green, 
corolla orange and white, stamens purple, stigma white. 
Local name: 
Notes: photo, DNA 
T. G. Laman, Ismail A. Rachman, Edi Mirmanto 
TL288 Sunday, November 03, 1996 
HERBARIUM BOGORIENSE & HARVARD UNIVERSITY 
HERBARIA 
Local name: 
Notes: photo, DNA 
T. G. Laman, Ismail A. Rachman, Edi Mirmanto 
TL287 Sunday, November 03, 1996 
HERBARIUM BOGORIENSE & HARVARD UNIVERSITY 
HERBARIA 
Plants of Indonesia 
Urticaceae 
Poikilospermum 
Determined by: P.F. Stevens 
Locality: 
Borneo. Kalimantan Barat. Ketapang. Gunung Palung 
National Park, Cabang Panti Research Site, SC4 
Lat.: 1 o 13 1 11 S 
Long.: 110 o 6‘ " E 
Habitat Alt. 20 m 
Freshwater swamp forest. 
Morphology: 
Climber on 8 cm tree flowering 1-3 m up. Flowers: 
inflorescence creamy white, slightly greenish. Rest of flower 
white. After we cut it, the plant began explosive pollen 
dispersal - the filaments popped anthers outwards, sending 
off puffs of pollen. 
Local name: 
Notes: photo, DNA without sheet 
T. G. Laman, Ismail A. Rachman, Edi Mirmanto 
TL289 Sunday, November 03, 1996 
HERBARIUM BOGORIENSE & HARVARD UNIVERSITY 
HERBARIA 
