Forest as a natural resource in Indonesia involves high biological diversity. In South Sulawesi, ebony wood is one of endemic and typical natural resources and its existence have placed Indonesia as the producer for the wood with highest economic value. The high economic potency of ebony wood has caused an intensive exploitation of ebony from its natural habitat.. One of factors causing the degradation was the existence of uncontrolled harvesting activities which were not accompanied by rehabilitation efforts. One effort, which can be carried out to anticipate the progressive destructive condition of the ebony in its natural habitat, is by developing and implementing tree breeding as well as genetic conservation systems. This research was addressed to identify the ecological conditions of various habitats or provenances of ebony. Ecological characteristics observed in the current study were the potencies of volume, regeneration or density, and environmental conditions covering four different provenances (Maros, Barru, Sidrap, and Malili). Data were collected by applying random sampling method in plots and field measurement.Research results indicate that the standing stock of different provenances varied from 2.25 – 6.86 m3/ha in volume with the density of 0.8 – 2.16 trees/plot, 2.54 – 6.3 poles/plot, 4.79 – 9.72 saplings/plot, and 90.54 – 139.86 seedlings/plot. The research results show that the existing volume and density of ebony belong to the low category compared to the natural condition.Keywords: eboni, ecologycal characteristis, provenanceKeywords: eboni, ecologycal characteristis, provenance
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