PLANTS OF INDONESIA 
PLANTS OF INDONESIA 
RUBIACEAE 
Canthium glabrum Bl. 
Bali Timur; Karangasem. S slope of Gunung Agung, 
1-2 km SW of Besakih. 
750 m 8°21S; 115°26E. Disturbed forest in ravines, 
canopy 15-25 mtall, species-rich; dominants include 
Elaeocarpus, Litsea, Viburnum. 
Short tree on forest margin, 7 m tall, branching 
midway up; bole straight, swollen at branch nodes 
and irregular, 10 cm dbh; bark gray, smoothish; 
corolla green, segments reflexed; stamens white- 
pubescent; fruits green. 
Local name: "komit" 
Comments: NCI voucher. 
PIPERACEAE 
Piper caninum Bl. 
Bali Timur; Karangasem. S slope of Gunung Agung, 
1-2 km SW of Besakih 
750 m 8°21S; 115°26E. Disturbed forest in ravines, 
canopy 15-25 m tall, species-rich; dominants include 
Elaeocarpus, Litsea, Viburnum. 
Liana, stems entangled, brittle, and much branched, to 
5 cm long, 5 mm diam.; fruits orange, inflorescence 
whitish. 
Local name: "sirih hutan" 
Comments: NCI voucher. 
McDonald & Ismail 4749 07/01/1994 
McDonald & Ismail 4748 07/01/1994 
HERBARIUM BOGORIENSE 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY HERBARIA 
HERBARIUM BOGORIENSE 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY HERBARIA 
