Morphological Characterization of a New Biotype Moringa of Saudi Arabia

Authors

  • Iyan Robiansyah Department of Biological Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Center for Plant Conservation Bogor Botanic Gardens, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Bogor, Indonesia
  • Ahmad S. Ghushash Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Albahah University, Al Bahah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • Abdulrahaman S. Hajar Department of Biological Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31957/jbp.434

Abstract

Dari total 13 spesies Moringa, di Saudi Arabia hanya terdapat dua spesies, yaitu M. peregrina dan M. oleifera. Kedua spesies ini memiliki kandungan nutrisi dan bahan obat yang tinggi serta mampu bertahan pada iklim kering. Biotipe Moringa baru yang berbeda dengan kedua spesies ini telah teramati di daerah Al Bahah, Saudi Arabia. Pada penelitian ini, karakterisasi dari biotipe baru ini telah dilakukan dengan mengamati 22 karakter kualitatif dan kuantitatif dari daun, biji dan bunga. Semua karakter ini kemudian dibandingkan dengan M. peregrina dan M. oleifera untuk mengetahui hubungan biotipe baru dengan kedua spesies. Hasil pengamatan pada karakter kualitatif menunjukan bahwa biotipe baru ini memiliki 8 karakter (tepi anak daun, warna bunga, bentuk kelopak dan mahkota bunga, perlekatan kelopak bunga, warna dan orientasi kepala sari, dan bentuk dasar  bunga) yang sama dengan kedua spesies, satu karakter (distribusi warna merah pada perhiasan bunga) dengan M. peregrina  saja, tiga karakter (tipe susunan anak daun, kulit biji dan sayap biji) dengan M. oleifera saja. Untuk karakter-karakter kuantitatif, hasil pengukuran menunjukan semua karakter pada biotipe baru berada pada posisi antara M. peregrina and M. oleifera. Berdasarkan hasil ini, kami menyimpulkan bahwa biotipe baru dari Moringa ini adalah hibrid hasil persilangan M. peregrina dan M. oleifera.

Kata kunci: biotipe, bunga, Moringa peregrina; Moringa oleifera, daun, biji.

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Author Biographies

Iyan Robiansyah, Department of Biological Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Center for Plant Conservation Bogor Botanic Gardens, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Bogor, Indonesia

Department of Biological Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Center for Plant Conservation Bogor Botanic Gardens, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Bogor, Indonesia

Ahmad S. Ghushash, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Albahah University, Al Bahah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Albahah University, Al Bahah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abdulrahaman S. Hajar, Department of Biological Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Department of Biological Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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