Description:
Plant of Teak in the humid tropics is kind of in the introduce of its original area in
Java (tropical), variations of land systems in humid tropics supposed to influence the
wood quality of teak produced. This study aimed to analyze the effect of the land
system to the quality of teak produced in terms of the nature of physics, mechanics
and content of extractive substances teak. Research was conducted on private
forest teak in humid tropic regions at the age of 11 years (KU II) in Tapin and Banjar
district South Kalimantan province. The research method to determine the unit of
land based on land systems and to analysis of wood quality in wood quality lab, the
analysis of data used analysis of variance.
Research shows that there are six land system is the Tanjung land system (TNJ),
lawang uwang (LWW), Okki (Oki), pendreh (PDH), Teweh (TWH) and maput (MPT).
The test results and analysis of quality of teak includes physical, chemical and
extractive substances of teak in humid tropic on various land system showed no
difference in the physical properties of wood and wood mechanics. The quality of the
wood produced in all the land system is based on the mechanics of wood with
Strong class I and based on the weight of wood types including strong class II.
Based on the wood extractive substances contained a significant effect between the
different of the land system to extractive substances teak well on both the mesh 40
and 60. Ekstractive Substance teak lowest in Teweh and maput land system and the
highest levels of extractive substances in the Tanjung land system and and levels of
extractive substances approaching Tanjung land system is the Okki land system.
Keywords: land system, wood quality, humid tropic.