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Seven types of wood from Jambi Province as an alternative to wood pulp and paper Indonesia | 14/06/2019

Seven alternative timber species for pulp and paper from Jambi (Yeni Aprianis & Syofia Rahmayanti), shows fiber dimension value and derivative value within criteria. Data provided at Table 1 .

Table 1 Wood species as alternative wood fiber provider

No.	Local name	Botanical name	Family
1.	Jabon	Antocephalus cadamba Miq.	Rubiaceae
2.	Binuang	Octomeles sumatrana Miq.	Datiscaceae
3.	Mahang kriting	Macaranga pruinosa (Miq.) Muell.Arq.	Euphorbiaceae
4.	Mahang putih	Macaranga hypoleuca (Reichb.f.&Zoll) Muell.Arq.	Euphorbiaceae
5.	Sekubung	Macaranga gigantea Muell.Arq.	Euphorbiaceae
6.	Setutup	Macaranga tanarius (L.) Muell.Arq.	Euphorbiaceae
7.	Bodi	Macaranga conifera (Zoll.) Muell.Arq	Euphorbiaceae

(Remarks) : (Data/information obtained from Botani Research Group, Forest and Nature Conservation Research and Development Center, Bogor.)