Uji perkecambahan buah jati muna dan jati malabar muna.

Abstract

Germination of teak is often poor. The study on fruits and seeds germination of Java teak, Muna teak, and Malabar Muna teak was conducted in a series of laboratory and greenhouse experiment. Teak fruits have several types of dormancy. So, fruits need pretreatment before they were planted. A recommended pretreatment of teak fruits is to soak the fruits during the night and dry them in the sun during the day. Teak fruits have a thick and hard endocarp. A hammer was used for crushing the teak fruits. Fruits germination of Java teak, Muna teak, and Malabar Muna teak are 13.85%, 13.50%, and 16.00%, respectively. The broken fruits were divided into 5 groups depending on the number of well developed seed present in fruits as follows: empty fruits, one seeded fruits, two seeded fruits, three seeded fruits, and four seeded fruits. Most of teak fruits consisted of one seeded fruits. Seeds germination of Java teak, Muna teak, and Malabar Muna teak are 40.29%, 42.47%, and 39.14%, respectively.