THE USE OF SUCROSE AND INDOLE-3 BUTYRIC ACID FOR INCREASING QUANTITY OF ROOT AND ACCLIMATIZATION OF ANT PLANT (MYRMECODIA PENDANS)
Abstract
Ant plant (Myrmecodio pendans) is one of tie epiphytes that is used as raw material
for medicine because it contains flavonoids, tannins and polyphenols (Subroto and Saputro,
2006). The ant plant has high economic rralue as selling price reached around $ SO kg,
fDetik Forum, 2015J. Propagation of ant plant has some problems, such as ants which eat
the seeds, untrue to type seedlings and a limited number of seeds produced, Utilization of
ant plants in the long term without the accompaniment of preseryacion can lead to scarcity
and the extinction ofant plants.