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Macaranga gigantea

(Rchb.f. & Zoll.) Müll.Arg.

 

Euphorbiaceae
Nama
: Mahang (Indonesia)/Seroa (Kutai).
Deskripsi : Pohon, berukuran sedang-besar, dapat mencapai ketinggian 30 m, diameter batang berkisar 20−50 cm. Kulit batang abu-abu kecoklatan sampai hitam, terkadang terdapat bintik lentisel, berwarna hitam; getah berwarna merah sampai jambon. Daun penumpu tegak, berkanjang, mengering di batang atau dahan, kaku, kecoklatan atau coklat gelap, besar, panjangnya 4.5 cm, berambut. Daun sangat besar, memerisasi, pada pohon muda daunnya menjatung dalam, daun bercuping dangkal sampai sangat dalam; tangkai daun panjang dapat mencapai 45 cm; permukaan atas daun hijau gelap; permukaan bawah daun kecoklatan, berambut padat. Perbungaan malai, aksiler; perbungaan jantan bercabang banyak. Buah kapsul, kecil, tidak berduri, beruang-2.
Ekologi : Persebaran alami dari Thailand bagian Selatan, Semenanjung Malaysia, Sumatra, Kalimantan. Di Kalimantan Timur dapat dijumpai pada seluruh daratannya dengan berbagai tipe habitat. Pada umumnya tumbuh pada hutan sekunder, terkadang pada hutan primer juga dijumpai. Tumbuh pada hutan dataran rendah sampai punggung perbukitan, spesies ini termasuk dalam spesies pionir dengan dominasi yang tinggi pada hutan pasca kebakaran.
Kegunaan : Getah secara etnomedisin dimanfaatkan sebagai tumbuhan obat tradisional. Referensi: Silk et al., 2000.

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Legal Status
Law No. 5 of 1990 Concerning the Conservation of Biological Resources and their Ecosystems
Minister of Environment and Forestry Regulation No. P.106/MENLHK/SETJEN/KUM.1/12/2018 Regarding Protected Plant and Animal Species
IUCN Red List Status
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), or in Indonesian, Serikat Internasional Untuk Pelestarian Alam, makes decisions to determine the conservation status of a species or plant. The current categories of the IUCN Red List criteria include extinct (EX), extinct in the wild (EW), critically endangered (CR), endangered (EN), vulnerable (VU), near threatened (NT), least concern (LC), data deficient (DD), and not evaluated (NE).
The CITES List Status
CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) , aims to restrict countries from trading protected flora and fauna or those with extremely limited numbers. The CITES status consists of appendices (attachments) numbered I-III. Appendix I is a list of flora and fauna that absolutely cannot be traded because they are critically endangered. Appendix II is a list of flora and fauna that can be traded, but their numbers are limited. Meanwhile, Appendix III is a list of flora and fauna that can be traded because they are abundant in one country but limited in another.
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Endemic Status
"Endemic species" can be defined as species that naturally and exclusively inhabit and highly adapt to a specific geographical area. Based on the size and boundaries of their territory, this status includes Endemic (E) and Non-Endemic (NE).
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