Morphological Characteristics And Potential Of Acacia Biomass (Acacia Auriculiformis) In The Educational Forests Of Hasanuddin University
Iswanto, Muhammad Restu, Mohammad Reza Zulkifli Kariming

Faculty of forestry, Hasanuddin University, Makassar

Abstract

Acacia (Acacia Auriculiformis) is a non-tolerant tree species and has high Biomass potential. This study aimed to determine the morphological characteristics and potential of Acacia Biomass in Hasanuddin University Educational Forest. The samples observed in this study were leaves, stems, and bark, as well as the measurement of the potential of Biomass with Allometric estimation, then further analysis such as correlation analysis and cluster analysis. Based on the results of this study, the morphological characteristics of acacia were obtained with cluster grouping consisting of 2 clusters and further divided into 4 sub-clusters with the highest difference in the sub-clusters found the estimation value of Biomass and Biomass potential in sample P26 and the highest estimated value and Biomass potential were found in P26, the result is 208.71 kg and 5, 42 tons/ha while the lowest was at P5 with the result is 20.93 kg and 0.54 tons/ha. This research shows that is quite high in Acacia stands in Hasanuddin University Educational Forest

Keywords: acacia, biomass, morphological

Topic: Topik E: Biodiversity and ecotourism