Wood Sengon

Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)Subkingdom: Tracheobionta (vascular plants)Super Division: Spermatophyta (seed Produce)Division: Magnoliophyta (flowering plants)Class: Magnoliopsida (two pieces / dikotil)Sub Class: RosidaeOrder: FabalesFamily: MimosaceaeGenus: Paraserianthes
 Species: Paraserianthes falcataria (L.) Nielsen
Synonyms: Albizzia falcata Back.Common Name: Molucca Albizia, white Albizia (UK), Batai, wood macis (Maysia), Sengon Sengon sea (Indonesia, Java), Albasia, Jeunjing (Sunda).

DESCRIPTION OF PLANT
Sengon or Albasia (parasenanthes falcataria / Albizia falcatara), sometimes - sometimes people call jeungjing, a timber plant that can reach a diameter large enough if it has reached a certain age. Sengon plants can grow on the distribution of climatic conditions is very wide, so can grow well almost everywhere.
Some of the advantages of plants sengonGrowing very fast so that the proper cutting in a relatively short life.Because it has deep roots, so as to attract nutrients that are at the depth of soil to the surface.Easy to sprout again when cut down, even when burned.Seeds or vegetative parts to pembiakannya easily obtained and stored.Based on some feature that is used as crop plants greening Albasia almost in all regions. More importantly, plants Albasia have high economic value.


The most important part to have economic value in crop sengon is wood. The tree can reach about 30-45 meters high with a trunk diameter of about 70-80 cm.Sengon round rod shape and no buttress. Outer skin is white or gray, not grooved and not peeling. Wood specific gravity on average 0.33 and includes a durable grade IV - V.Sengon plant canopy shaped like an umbrella with lush leaves that are not too dense. Pinnate compound leaves composed sengon double with young leaves are small and easily fall out. Sengon pale green leaf color, serves to cook food and simultaneously as an absorber of nitrogen and carbon dioxide from the air.
Sengon riding has roots that are strong enough to penetrate into the soil, the roots of her hair is not too big, not dense and not protruding surface of the soil. Root hair function to store the substances nitrogen, therefore sengon soil around the tree to be fertile.Sengon shaped fruit pods, flat, thin, and the length is about 6-12 cm. Each fruit pod contains 15-30 seeds. Seed shape similar to a small shield and if it is old seeds will blackish brown, rather hard, and waxy.
Habitat Sengon
SoilSengon plants can grow well in soil regosol, alluvial, and latosol-textured sandy loam or clay dust with soil acidity around pH 6-7.
ClimateOptimum altitude for the plant sengon between 000-800 m above sea level. climate-A, B and C the average rainfall 2000-4000 mm / tahun.Walapun sengon plant so it can still grow to a height of 1500 m above sea level. Sengon including species of tropical plants, so as to growth requires temperatures around 18 ° - 27 ° C.
RainfallRainfall has several functions for the plant, nutrients such as solvent, forming sugars and starches, means of transport of nutrients in plants, cell growth and enzyme formation, and maintain temperature stability. Sengon plants require a minimum limit of the corresponding rainfall, which is 15 days of rain in the driest 4 months, but also not too wet, and has an annual rainfall ranging between 2000-4000 mm.
HumidityHumidity also affects each plant. The reaction of each crop to moisture depends on the type of the plant itself. Plants need moisture sengon about 50% -75%.
Use and Benefits of Diversity sengon Wood
Sengon tree is a multipurpose tree. From the start of the leaves to roots can be utilized for various purposes.
Leaf
Sengon leaves, as other Mimosaceae family is an excellent fodder and high protein.Types of livestock such as cattle, buffalo, dfan kambingmenyukai sengon the leaf.
Rooting
Sengon root system contains a lot of root nodules as a result of symbiosis with Rhizobium bacteria. This is beneficial for the roots and surrounding areas. The presence of root nodules can help the soil porosity and openyediaan element nitrogen in the soil. Thus sengon tree can make the surrounding land becomes more fertile. Furthermore, this land can be planted with crops so as to increase farmers' income penggarapnya.
Timber
The part that gives the greatest benefit from the tree trunk sengon is wood. The price is quite tempting now sengon much cultivated for various purposes in the form of processed wood board with a board of a certain size as a raw material coffin makers, insulation boards, casting of cement in the construction industry, matches, pencils, particle board, pulp raw material paper etc..