Abstract:
Jelutong wood (Dyera costulata) is one of the endemic tree species in Kalimantan which is starting to become scarce. This research aims to analyze the growth characteristics of jelutong wood planted by the community in peatland in Central Kalimantan. Land processing without burning makes this community plantation forest environmentally friendly. Thirty-eight trees of jelutong from one block were measured diameter and three height, end then categorized to fast, medium, and slow-growing. One tree from each category was harvested. Two centimeters of the disk were collected from each harvested trees from a 1.3 meter height and continued every 2 meters to the peak of trees to measure water content, specific gravity, anatomical properties, derived wood, and chemical content of jelutong wood. From the analyses, jelutong has low specific gravity and short fibers, categorized into class two for pulp and paper raw materials. Extractive content in alcohol benzene from jelutong wood was low that preferable for pulp and paper. On the other hand, jelutong wood is suitable for plywood raw materials.
