Indonesian

Abstract

Nurbani, Sumarmiyati. 2015. Exploration and characterization of mekai plant as flavoring ingredient in Bulungan District, Province of North Kalimantan. Pros Sem Nas Masy Biodiv Indon 1 (2): 201-206. Bulungan District, North Kalimantan Province with an area of 13.181.92 km2 has many biodiversities, such as mekai plant. Mekai plant (Albertisia papuana Becc.) widely spread in the hinterland and North Borneo forest area where it is the natural habitat of these plants. It is worried about the native plant species will be extinct because of forest exploitation, increasing timber industry, forest burning, land conversion, forest clearing for plantations, mines, and settlements. Most of the local Dayak community has been made a serious effort and utilized this plant as natural flavoring ingredient but it has not been inventoried and cultivated well. Therefore, it is necessary to conserving and inventorying Mekai spice plant as traditional knowledge in order to further development. Field research carried out in Tanjung Selor Sub-district, Bulungan District, included: (i) exploration, (ii) characterization, and (iii) recapitulated data in passport data form followed by documentation of data.