Ethnobotanical Study of Plants Used by People in Hiang Indigenous Forest Kerinci, Jambi

Indonesia is a high-abundance tropical forests country. It plays a very important role for world life because of its species richness than others. One of the forest resources in Indonesia is indigenous forests. Indonesia is rich of local wisdom such as that possessed by indigenous peoples. Indigenous peoples have a potential of the biological resources conservation. As a sustainable management tradition, communities around indigenous forest also have the efforts to preserve the forest. The data collection of community knowledge about plants was conducted by interviews and direct-field observation. Data were analyzed using index of cultural significance. The results showed that there are 48 species of plants utilized by communities in Hiang Indigenous Forest, 27 species are used as firewoods, 15 species as building materials, 7 species as medicinal plants, 6 species as traditional handicraft ingredients and 4 species as secondary foods and traditional ritual materials. Most of widely-used plants by the community are Altingia excels, and Styrax benzoin is used as incense in a traditional ritual

Peningkatan Mutu Gula Tumbu Melalui Metode Sulfitasi Dalam Laboratorium

A. Sutowo Latief, Rizal Syarief, Bambang Pramudya, Muhadiono, in this paper explain that the reseach was aimed to increase of brown sugarcane (gula tumbu) quality by sulphitation method in laboratory eksperimetal, supposed the result fulfils the first quality according to SNI 1-6237-2000 that is a minimal condition of safety food. The method based on factorial complete random plan thrice reduplications. Initially nira that filtered given lime tohor and heated 50-60oC up to achieve ph 9. The treatment: (1) make nira ph 7 and ph 8 with add sulphite acid, and (2) ripening temperature, that is 70,80,90, and 100oC. Nira that heated up to coagulate and it was poured into moulding and solidification to be brown sugarcane. The testing is done towards sugar quality, it was result with parameter: (1) water contain, (2) sucrose contain, (3) glucose contain, (4) rendemen, (5) colour, (6) taste, (6) smell, and (8) hardness of brown sugarcane that produced fulfil the first quality of SNI 1-6237-2000. The best treatment process heats nira in 100°C, either nira ph 7 and nira ph 8

Etnobotani Pandan (Pandanaceae) Di Taman Nasional Bukit Duabelas, Jambi [Pandans (Pandanaceae) Ethnobotany in the Bukit Duabelas National Park, Jambi]

This research was aimed to study ethnobotany and the diversity of Pandanaceae that utilized by the people of Orang Rimba tribe who lives in Bukit Duabelas National Park, Jambi. The results of this study showed there were six species of two genera (Benstonea and Pandanus)that were used for habitual and religion activities of those tribes. Only four species were used for crafts, especially mat and wallets (sumpit):Pandanus furcatus Roxb.; Pandanus labyrinthicus Kurz ex Miq.; Pandanus immersus Ridl.; and Benstonea atrocarpa (Griff.) Callm. & Buerki. Two species were used as a ceremony's complement materials and tribe's rituals: Pandanus labyrinthicus Kurz ex Miq. (ritual of marriage), and Benstonea atrocarpa (Griff.) Callm. & Buerki to kiding (the procession before the rice planting season begins).Only one species that was used as a material for the house's or cottage's roof, Benstonea kurzii (Merr.) Callm. & Buerki. Leaves were the part of the plant which used for the Orang Rimba daily needs.The skill for making handicraft were obtained iterally from generations. The population of pandan assumed to be decreased without effort for the cultivation and conservation

Productivity of Sugarcane Plants of Ratooning with Fertilizing Treatment

Latief AS, Syarief R, Pramudya B, Muhadiono. 2010. Productivity of sugarcane plants of ratooning with various fertilizingtreatments. Nusantara Bioscience 2: 43-47. This research aims to determine the sugarcane plants of ratooning productivity with lowexternal input of fertilization treatment towards farmers can increase profits. The method used is the Completely Randomized BlockDesign (CRBD) with four treatments and three repetitions (4x3). Sugarcane varieties R 579 planted in each patch experiment 5x5 m2.Dosage of fertilizer: P0 = 3.6 kg/year plot experiment was 100% dosage USAge of chemical fertilizers used by farmers. Further dosageswere P1 (75%) = 2.7 kg/plot, P2 (50%) = 1.8 kg/plot and P3 (0.25%) = 0.9 kg/plot, each supplemented with fertilizer 5 mL of liquidorganic/patch a year. Sugarcane crops with a variety of treatment showed no significant difference. The highest productivity wasachieved at dosages of P2 (50% chemical fertilizers plus organic fertilizer) is 21.67 kg per square meter. Chemical fertilizers can besaved 7 quintals per hectare a year or Rp 997,500 per year. Additional costs of liquid organic fertilizer Rp. 100,000 per hectare year andlabor Rp 100,000 per hectare, so the additional advantage of saving farmers fertilizer Rp. 797,500 per year

Komunikasi Pendek Etnobotani Damar Pada Orang Rimba Di Taman Nasional Bukit Duabelas [Ethnobotany of Dammar by Orang Rimba in Bukit Duabelas National Park ]

Orang Rimba have local knowledge about utilization of dammar in Bukit Duabelas National Park .The research was aimed to record the type of dammar and explore local knowledge Orang Rimba utilizing dammar. Data were collected through interviews, participant observation and documentation . Data analysed as qualitative descriptive. There were 15 plant species whose resin were used by Orang Rimba i.e Dipterocarpus baudii, Dipterocarpus hasseltii, Hopea mengarawan, Hopea dryobalanoides, Dacryodes rugosa., Santiria laevigata, Shorea bracteolata, Parashorea aptera, Canarium pilosum, Shorea retinoides, Shorea cf. singkawang, Santiria dacryodifolia, Shorea multiflora dan Sarong (Trigona spp). Dammar were used as a fuel, medicine, adhesive material and traditional rituals. General use of dammar was for traditional Torch lighting (blebayon)

Traditional Knowledge on The Animal Utilization by The Hatam Tribe of Manokwari, West Papua Province

Animal utilization in traditional community life is an integral part of traditional knowledge itself. This research aims to reveal the Hatam people’s traditional knowledge about the utilization of animals in their lives. The method used is the exploratory survey method. The respondents were determined purposively using the snowball sampling technique. The results showed that there are at least 55 species of animals commonly used by the Hatam people. Based on the forms of utilization, the animals can be divided into six groups: consumption, traditional medicine, specific meanings, traditional technology and arts, significant value, and traditional purposes. Wild animals are most widely used for the living needs of the Hatam people. The traditional hunt that is limited and the communal land ownership system (ulayat system) practiced by the Hatam people have indirectly helped preserve and ensure the availability of wildlife for the Hatam people’s needs. In addition to being a form of documentation of Hatam people’s traditional knowledge, the results of this research also have significance for the development of science especially in the field of ethnozoology. The form of interaction between Hatam people and animals revealed in this research can also serve as a reference for designing development policies related to the presence of Hatam people in the Arfak mountains. </p