POTENSI DAN KARATERISTIK EKOLOGI PROVENANSI EBONI (Diospyros celebica Bakh) UNTUK PEMULIAAN DAN KONSERVASI GENETIK
Abstract: Forest as a natural
resource in Indonesia involves high biological diversity. In South Sulawesi,
ebony wood is one of endemic and typical natural resources and its existence
have placed Indonesia as the producer for the wood with highest economic value.
The high economic potency of ebony wood has caused an intensive exploitation of
ebony from its natural habitat.. One of factors causing the degradation was the
existence of uncontrolled harvesting activities which were not accompanied by
rehabilitation efforts. One effort, which can be carried out to anticipate the
progressive destructive condition of the ebony in its natural habitat, is by
developing and implementing tree breeding as well as genetic conservation
systems. This research was addressed to identify the ecological conditions of
various habitats or provenances of ebony. Ecological characteristics observed
in the current study were the potencies of volume, regeneration or density, and
environmental conditions covering four different provenances (Maros, Barru,
Sidrap, and Malili). Data were collected by applying random sampling method in
plots and field measurement.Research results indicate that the standing stock
of different provenances varied from 2.25 – 6.86 m3/ha in volume with the
density of 0.8 – 2.16 trees/plot, 2.54 – 6.3 poles/plot, 4.79 – 9.72
saplings/plot, and 90.54 – 139.86 seedlings/plot. The research results show
that the existing volume and density of ebony belong to the low category
compared to the natural condition.
Penulis: Muh. Restu
Kode Jurnal: jpkehutanandd070029
