MORFOLOGI BUAH KEPEL (Stelechocarpus burahol [Bl.] Hook. F dan Thomson) DI KOTAMADYA YOGYAKARTA
Abstract
This study aims to evaluate the morphological diversity of Kepel and
analyse the genetical relationship towards Kepel distribution in Yogyakarta
municipality based on fruit morphological. The research conducted in Yogyakarta
municipality started in March-June 2019, and sample measurements carried out
at in vitro culture laboratory and post-harvest laboratory, Agriculture Faculty,
UMY. This study conducted using a purposive sampling method by specifying a
distinctive characteristic of Kepel which has ripened, and one individual Kepel
plant took ten physiologically of ripe Kepel. Data morphological observations
presented by score form and then analysed the matrix similarity using SIMQUAL
(Similarity of Qualitative Data) procedure. Matrix data grouping and
dendrogram creation using Unweighted Pair Group Method Arithmetic Average
(UPGMA) method in the Numerical Taxonomic and Multivariate System (NTSYS)
program version 2.02i. The results prove that the diversity of Kepel fruit based on
the qualitative and quantitative characterisation of Kepel morphology. The Kepel
variety consists of fruit morphology such as shape, length, width, thickness,
diameter, weight, maturity, flesh thickness, flesh colour, flesh texture, number of
seeds, seed width, seed length, seed thickness, and seed diameter. Cluster analysis
conducted on twelve individual Kepel in Yogyakarta municipality obtained five
clusters with a similarity coefficient value of 0.44, namely group I:2 accessions,
II:3 accession cluster, III:5 accession cluster, IV:1 accession cluster, and V:1
accession cluster.