Indonesian

Abstract

Susilo A, Denny. 2016. Diversity and potential use of plants in secondary natural forest in RPH Cisujen KPH Sukabumi, West Java. Pros Sem Nas Masy Biodiv Indon 2: 256-262. With the continued reduction of global primary forests, the existence of secondary forests becomes important to be studied. Patches of secondary forest in production forest (including plantations) have proved to have an important role in maintaining biodiversity. In the teak production forest of the Perum Perhutani area, some patches which are left unmanaged are generally secondary natural forest that serves as area for conservation. This study discusses the diversity of plants and its utilization potential in a small patch of secondary natural forests in teak production forest in Cisujen Resort, Sukabumi District. Data were collected from three belt transects with the size of 2 m x 100 m each and the distance between transects was 20 m. All seedlings and saplings found in the transects were taken herbarium samples, recorded, identified and analyzed for their usefulness. In this study site, it was found 59 plants species of 45 genera in 30 families. The habitus of the vegetation consisted of 46 species of trees and 13 species of understory. Based on literature studies 36 species of 31 genera in 22 families were categorized as the useful plants. In total 32 species have the potential for medical plants and 20 species have the potential for edible plants such as fruits and vegetables. In addition, six plants species were included in the Red List of the International Union for Conservatoin of Nature (IUCN) and one of them was endemic to Java and Bali. The result of this study showed that small patches of unmanaged secondary forest still store a high diversity of useful plant species.