SIFAT FISIKA KAYU JABON (ANTHOCEPHALUS CADAMBA MIQ.) BERDASARKAN ARAH AKSIAL DARI DESA ALINDAU KABUPATEN DONGGALA SULAWESI TENGAH
ABSTRACT: Scarcity of wood raw
material can be solved by promoting fast growing tree species with a good
quality of wood. Jabon (Anthocepalus cadamba Miq) is one of the species, which
can be promoted to solve the scarcity. The objective of the research was to
know physical properties of Jabon wood such as moisture content, specific
gravity and change of wood dimension based on its axial position in the trunk
(base, middle and top portions). The
research has been realized from May to July 2014 at Laboratorium Agroteknology
of Fakultas Pertanian, Universitas Tadulako Palu. The research used Jabon tree
with six years old that showed 27 cm of diameter and 10 m of economical trunk
originating from Alindau village of Central Sulawesi. The laboratory work of
analyzing the wood samples has used British Standard 373: 157 by applying
experimental design of Completely Randomized Design. The treatment was axial
position that was divided into three positions: base, middle and top portions. The results show similarity on the moisture
content of the positions, and as well as the change of wood dimension,
meanwhile the specific gravity tend to increase trough base to top portions.
Key Words: Jabon, Moisture
content, specific gravityandchange of wood dimension
Penulis: Rahmayanti, Erniwati,
Abdul Hapid
Kode Jurnal: jpkehutanandd160174
