KEANEKARAGAMAN RAMBAI (Baccaurea motleyana (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.) DI PULAU BENGKALIS BERDASARKAN KARAKTER MORFOLOGI

Abstract

Bengkalis Island is one of the islands in Riau Province which produced most rambai (Baccaurea motleyana Müll.Arg.) in the province where the plant has been used as fruit and medicinal plants. None of research has been conducted on the diversity of rambai from Bengkalis Island. The purpose of this study was to identify the diversity of B. motleyana in Bengkalis Island based on morphological characters. Exploration method was used in two sub-districts namely Bantan and Bengkalis. Observation included 37 morphological characters of 50 individuals. Data were analyzed using NTSYSpc2.02 and Minitab 16. The result showed that the generated dendrogram was divided into two main groups, with coefficient similarity values ??ranged from 41–78%. Pearson correlation analysis found that 16 characters had high correlation value. This study provided important information on diagnostic morphological characters and taxonomic groupings of B. motleyana which would be useful as a basis for further research and development.