KEANEKARAGAMAN JENIS BENALU PARASIT PADA TANAMAN KOLEKSI DI KEBUN RAYA EKA KARYA, BALI

Tahan Uji (Bidang Botani, Puslit Biologi - LIPI, Jalan Raya Bogor - Jakarta Km 46 Cibinong, Bogor)
Sunaryo Sunaryo (Bidang Botani, Puslit Biologi - LIPI, Jalan Raya Bogor - Jakarta Km 46 Cibinong, Bogor)
Erlin Rachman (Bidang Botani, Puslit Biologi - LIPI, Jalan Raya Bogor - Jakarta Km 46 Cibinong, Bogor)

Berkala Penelitian Hayati
Vol 13 No 1 (2007): December 2007

Benalu is one of the parasitic plants which have ataccked many collection plants species in Eka Karya Botanical Garden, Bali. Exploration and collection of these parasitic plants in this area are conducted. Four parasitic plants species, i.e. Dendrophthoe pentandra, Helixanthera cylindrica, Scurrula atropurpurea, and S. parasitica are recorded and they attack 32 collection plants species in Eka Karya Botanical Garden. Dendrophthoe pentandra is reported as the highest population species to parasiting collection plants species. While the Myrtaceae family and Syzygium genera are also reported as the highest parasited species.