Dimensi Serat Avicennia marina (Forsk). Vierh and Avicennia alba Blume
Abstract: Avicennia marina
and Avicennia alba
are mangrove plants
in mangrove forests
of west Kalimantan. Mangrove forests can be
economically exploited for exsample,
pulp and paper raw materials. The porpos e of this
study was to
determine the fiber
dimensions of A.marina
and A. alba
plants. This study
was conducted from November 2012 to January 2013. This study used
Schimd’s maceration metod. The result of the measurement showed that the legths
of A.marina and A.
alba’s fiber rod were medium-sized fibers.
The range of A. marina was 1185,94 µm-1244,64
µm and the range of A. alba
was between 1130,74 µm-1345,48 µm. The thickness of A. marina’s stem
wall ranged from 2,86 µm-2,97 µm and A.alba ranged from 3,00 µm-3,05 µm and
they were classfied as thin walls. The lumen diamater of A. marina stem ranged
from 7,32 µm- 8,00
µm and A. alba
varied from 8,95 µm-9,42 µm
fiber. The fibers of both stems of
A. marinaand A. alba
were relatively narrow
lumen diameters. Based
on the resuls
of the fiber
dimension measurement from A. marina, it can be used as a raw material
of paper and A. alba can be used as a low quality building
materials.
Penulis: Sulastri, Mukarlina,
Rizalinda
Kode Jurnal: jpbiologidd140099
