MORPHOLOGY IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BANANA (Musa spp) IN KALIKUNING AND FOREST AREA WITH SPECIAL PURPOSE OF KALIURANG
Reni Indrayanti, Septiani Abmilasari, Alma Fahira, Indina Rifdayani, Okta Latifa Zaqiah, Rizal Koen Asharo

Universitas Negeri Jakarta

Abstract

Banana (Musa spp.) is a native Indonesian plant with the characteristics of a large herbaceous plant. The height of a banana varies between 1-4 meters, with broad and long leaves. Wild bananas and cultivated bananas can be found on the island of Java, including in Kalikuning and the Kaliurang Special Purpose Forest Area (Kawasan Hutan Dengan Tujuan Khusus - KHDTK) Kaliurang - Gunung Merapi National Park. There are 325 banana cultivars recorded in Indonesia, and the diversity of banana species needs to be investigated further because it is a source of germplasm, especially in the Kaliurang research forest area. The research method is descriptive with field observations, identifying the types of wild and cultivated bananas found in Gunung Merapi National Park. Parameters observed were morphological characters of banana plants. The results of the field observations found that there are 12 clumps of banana plants in the Kalikuning area and three clumps of banana plants in the KHDTK area of Kaliurang. The morphological identification of banana species based on banana descriptors from the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) - INIBAP showed that most of the bananas found have Musa acuminata characteristics, except for Musa spp (sample number 6), which showed a characteristic of wild banana Musa balbisiana. Bananas in the Kalikuning area were predicted as Pisang Raja (Musa x paradisiaca AAB). Morphology characteristics of banana Pisang Raja are dull (waxy) pseudostem appearance and erect leaf habit. Pseudostem color is green-lighting, watery sap color, petiole canal leaf III is open with margin spreading, petiole margin color is green to red. The shape of the leaf blade base is both sides pointed. The other banana clumps plant still can not identify because of the lack of some generative phase characteristics.

Keywords: . Gunung Merapi National Park, Pisang. Raja, Musa acuminata, Musa balbisiana

Topic: Biology