PEMANFAATAN TUMBUHAN AREN (Arenga pinnata) OLEH MASYARAKAT DESA LAMPO KECAMATAN BANAWA TENGAH KABUPATEN DONGGALA

Abstract

Forest are natural resources that play a large role in various aspects of life such as economic, social and ecological aspects with a divercity of flora and fauna that can profide benefits for human life. Forest as regulators of water systems have been widely understood by people so that forest sustainability is in the interest of every human being who lives on this earth. Indonesia is very rich in biodivercity consisting of flora and faun. One of the most common tree species in Indonesia is Aren (Arenga pinnata). Sugar palm can thrive among other trees and shrubs, on plains, hillsides, valleys, and mountains up to an attitudeof 1.400 meters above sea level. This study aims to utilize the sugar palm plant (Arenga pinnata)which was carried out for 2 months, staring from March to May 2021, which took place in Lampo Village, Central Banawa District, Donggala Regency. This research method knows about the utilization of sugar palm in lampo Village, Central Banawa Distric, Donggala Regency. This research is descriptive exploratory with a qualitative approach through surveys and field interviews. So that this reseach can describe a certain condition or group based on the facts in the field. Then the data collected from interviews with residents were analyzed using percentages. The results of this study indicate that the management of sugar palm carried out by farmers in Lampo Village is by utilizing the sap which is made into palm sugar as much a (42%), the fibers made into palm fibers rope, roofs of house or made into palm fiber brooms (28%), the leaves are made into broom stiks (14%), and the fruit is made into kolang-kaling (14%).