PLANTS IN A SQUARE: EXPLORE PLANTS DESCRIPTION WITH QR CODE FEATURE

Indonesia especially South Sulawesi contained the diversity of plant species. The number of species that exist it is necessary to identify each type. To facilitate the identification process, conducted the research of exploration of plant's description by QR Code feature. QR Code or quick response code, which is a type of two-dimensional bar code contains information that facilitates generating and reading (encoding and decoding) of information on a smartphone. The purpose of this research to facilitate describing of the plant with the QR Code features. This research located in Tope Jawa Coast, Takalar, South Sulawesi, with a descriptive study using survey and identification methods. The results of the study revealed 25 species of plants that have been identified and loaded into a QR Code that can be scanned by smartphone.Key words: Exploration, descriptions of plants, QR Cod

Local Knowledge of Wanga (Pigafetta elata) as Materials of Traditional House at South Sulawesi, Indonesia

The objective of this research is to know the local knowledge of the community in exploiting the wanga plant as the material of traditional house making in South Sulawesi, especially in Tana Toraja and Enrekang Regency. The type of research is descriptive by using survey method. Data collection by observation, in-depth interviews and documentation. Determination technique of informants in snowball sampling method, with key informant is traditional chairman. The number of informants are 11 people consisting of traditional chairman, apparatus of village/sub-district, and user community. Data analysis was done by qualitative descriptive. The results revealed that local communities in Tana Toraja Regency used wanga stems for the traditional rice house poles known as Alang Sura, while local communities in Enrekang Regency utilized wanga for the traditional rice house poles known as Landak, and their utilization was more extends again as it is used for village border poles, gates, and bridges