Evaluation on growth performance of Alocasia Longiloba Miq.

Alocasia Longiloba Miq. is a species of the genus Alocasia. These plants are widely distributed around the area of Southeast Asia,.So far, there is no documentation about this herb tree. Only a handful of people who know the benefits of this plants in which it is able to treat skin diseases and so able to reduce our dependence on modern medicines .. As a result, a study was conducted to examine trees growing on this “keladi chandek”. This study used a different tuber sizes of large, medium, and small and tubers with sprouts and potatoes without sprout Alocasia Longiloba Miq.untuk test the growth rate of the tree. The study was performed eight weeks. The study found that potato tubers sprout sized enormities have a rapid growth rate in terms of tree height, tree diameter, and number of leaves.