Porang production in Sukabumi Indonesia

Plant porang (Amorphophallus oncophillus) is a tropical plant that includes Familly iles-iles, also a Familly flowers of the famous carrion flower. These plants have a tumber that content with high glucomanan.

Porang plants are herbaceous plants, and chronic. Stems erect, soft, smooth stems green and white pinto. Single rod broke into 3 secondary stems and will once again also be broke into stalks leaves. At each growth stems will grow nodule / frog brown blackish as porang plant breeding tool. Higher plants can reach 1.5 meters is highly depend on age and soil fertility.

Porang plants in Indonesia known by many names depending on region of origin. For example acung or acoan oray (Sunda). Porang plants can grow on any soil type, the height 0-700m above sea level, the soil acidity of ph 6-7. Perum Perhutani with KPH Sukabumi 96 LMDH / village as the main partner to manage forest resources in an area of 58,000 hectares of Kenya. End of year 2009 in porang plants found growing naturally in both the forest and outside forest areas with an area of more than 300 ha, so that at harvest in 2010 is expected to harvest 2000 tonnes of tubers as well as a source of seed for further development porang plants. The potential exists porang on lap Forest Village (HPD) Sukamaju, Kertaangsana, Cimerang, Neglasari, Padasenang, Curugluhur, Cidolog, Rambay, Cidahu, Sumberjaya, Buniwangi, Sampora, Cikadu, Cicukang, Waluran, Wangunreja, etc..

Greater Harvest / Production will begin in June 2010.