Germination of Kalangkala ( Litsea roxburghii ) seed

By Ahmad Suhendra

Kalangkala ( Litsea roxburghii ) are long-lived perennials that have a height between 10-20 m, rarely branching and not too tightly. Leaves single, large and elongated. The fruit is round like a table tennis ball with a diameter of about 3 - 3.5 cm has a soft fruit skin and half the fruits covered by a green hard lids. Skin of young fruit is green and gradually fade to pink when ripe. Flesh soft and white with a thickness of about 0.5 to 0.7 cm, it feels good like the avocado. Seeds round, hard and light brown. At the time of the germination, seeds will split into several parts and will grow into a few individual plants about 4-6 trees. 
In Kalimantan, the fruits of this plant is used as a friend to eat rice and serve as a vegetable. As for ways of making vegetable of fruits kalangkala is by soaking the ripe fruits using lukewarm water containing a mixture of salt and sugar, such as oral rehydration salt solution.

Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
      Subkingdom: Tracheobionta (vascular plants)
          Super Division: Spermatophyta (seed Produce)
              Division: Magnoliophyta (flowering plants)
                  Class: Magnoliopsida 
                      Sub Class: Magnoliidae
                          Order: Laurales
                              Family: Lauraceae
                                  Genus: Litsea
                                      Species: Litsea roxburghii


Common name:
Kalangkala ( Indonesia/Malay)

Ref:

1. http://ahyarbpkhonlin.blogspot.com/2008/10/agroforestry-agroforestry-in-south.html
2. http://www.dephut.go.id/HALAMAN/PDF/REP118%20Rencana%20Tindak%20Rehabilitasi%20Vol%20I,Tord%20Lindberg,Mar%200.pdf
3. http://repository.ipb.ac.id/bitstream/handle/123456789/244/Daftar%20Pustaka%202000ain-8.pdf?sequence=13
4. http://dunia-abde.blogspot.com/2011/05/mengenal-kalangkala-buah-khas-pulau.html
5. http://hasanzainuddin.wordpress.com/buah-khas-kalsel/