Fruit Plants of Kalimantan: Results of Field Exploration and Conservation

Kalirnantan is rich in its diversity of endemic fruit species, which include among others Durio spp..Artocarpus spp., Sarcotheca spp., Nephelium spp., Euphoria spp. and Lansium spp. on Central, South and West Kalimantan. The aim of this study was to inventory the potential of indigenous fruit plants in the province of South, Central and West Kalimantan and ex situ conservation in the Kalimantan Botanical Gardens. This was done by field exploration of indigeneous fruit plants and ex situ conservation efforts in Banua Botanical Garden (South Kalimantan), Katingan BO (Central Kalimantan) and Sambas BG (West Kalimantan). Based on these observations, There are five species of most dominant of the results of field exploration, namely Durio spp (Malvaceae), Nepheliurn spp. (Sapindaceae), Mangifera spp. (Anacardiaceae), Musa spp. (Musaceae) and Artocarpus spp. (Moraceae). However five families were dominant at three Botanical Gardens, i.e. Myrtaceae (27 specimens), then Sapindaceae (24 specs), Malvaceae (20 specs), Anacardiaceae (13 specs) and Moraceae (12 specs). Proceeding International Seminar on Tropical Horticulture 2016: The Future of Tropical Horticulture Hal. 9-15 ISBN 978-979-18361-5-9