Preliminary morphological analysis of local durian (Durio zibethinus Murr.) of Criwik region (Central Java, Indonesia)

Abstract

: Indonesia has become one of the centres of genetic diversity of durian, but studies about superior local durian are still limited, so a study of morphological analysis is required to obtain potentially superior durians. This research aims: 1) To understand the morphological diversity of some local Criwik durians; 2) To obtain information about local durian that has potential characters as a superior local durian of Criwik Region. This research used descriptive explorative research method with sampling taken by purposive random sampling. The morphological character observations were made on both vegetative and reproductive organs and then analyzed using NTSYS 2.02. Based on this research, vegetative analysis revealed 10 accessions of durian that have morphological differences. In reproductive organ analysis we found local durians with distinctive superior properties.