STUDI PEMANFAATAN ROTAN OLEH MASYARAKAT SETEMPAT PADA KAWASAN HUTAN DI DESA KASROMEGO KECAMATAN BEDUAI KABUPATEN SANGGAU
ABSTRACT: Rattan is a source
of biological in Indonesia and usually referred to as a potential non-timber
for forest products (NTFP). This research aims to determine the species of
rattan used by the people inKasromego village of Beduai Subdistrict, Sanggau
regency, and the processing of each species ofrattan and parts used by the
community. The method used was descriptive analysis with aqualitative approach.
The qualitative approach in this study is to provide a description of the dataevents
based on facts with direct interview techniques with a number of respondents to
obtainanswers. Sampling was done through snowball sampling method. The results
of the study show thatthe villagers of Kasremego take advantage of as many as 7
species of rattan, namely: saga ( Calamus caesius Blume ), marau ( Karthalsia
rigida Blume ), halus ( Karthalsia perox Becc ), irit (Calamus trachycoleus
Becc), semut ( Korthalsia sescaphigera Mart ), sanjat ( Calamus paspalantus Becc
) and samere ( Plectomiopsis mira J. Dransf ) As for the parts of rattan used
are for the semutrattan, the innermost frond is used for food of vegetables.
Tha rattan used to make ropes is thehalus rattan, the part of this rattan used
is the trunk. For customary/religious ceremonies, typically the people used the
halus rattan, and the part of rattan used is the leaf.
Keywords: Rattan, research
method, rattan species
Penulis: Gusniati, Sofyan
Zainal, Fahrizal
Kode Jurnal: jpkehutanandd170030
