The Identification of Five Coconut Cultivars (Cocos nucifera L. var typical) as Coconut’s Main Descendant in Composite

Abstract

The study was conducted to gain the objective of morphologically identifying five cultivars of coconuts i.e. Mapanget Coconut (DMT), Bayuwangi Coconut (DBG), Tenga Coconut (DTE), Lubuk Pakam Coconut (DLP), Palu Coconut (DPU) as the main descent in the object composites. Fruit component and production component became the main studied objects.Statistical data analysis was used as the method of the study by counting the average point (X), deviation standard (Sd), and diversity coefficient (KK). The evaluation of five coconut cultivar sites was done to analyze ten samples of coconut trees that were randomly determined from every cultivar’s population of coconut, then marking/numbering the samples by using phlox.The result of study shows that the identification toward five Coconut cultivars performs various appearances; the example is the highest production component diversity was performed by Mapanget coconut with the character of fruit number was 27.94%. It is followed by Lubuk Pakam Coconut 23.80%, and Bayuwangi Coconut 22.96%. Meanwhile, the highest production for each coconut tree in a year was Tengah Long-aged Coconut with 126 unit/tree/year, and the highest fruit component diversity was from Bayuwangi Coconut for the intact weight with 25.82%. From the measurement of fruit weight without its fiber, the variety which has bigger size was from Bayuwangi Long-aged Coconuts with 26.18%, and from the weight of the fiber, the variety which has the bigger percentage of fiber weight is Tenga Long-aged Coconut with 40.42%. If it is observed from the production component and fruit component, the best variety that becomes the most suitable to be the descendant is Tenga Long-aged Coconuts since it has the highest production value of the coconuts in a year.

Keywords : Identification, Cultivar, Long-aged Coconuts, Coconut Descendant in the Composite