Distribusi Hujan Pada Pohon Nantu (Palaquium Sp.), Pala (Myristica fragrans), Cengkeh (Syzygium aromaticum) di Desa Warembungan, Kab. Minahasa

Abstract

Interception is the process when rainwater falls on the surface of the vegetation above the ground, is held for a while, and is then evaporated back into the atmosphere or absorbed by the vegetation. There are two types of components that make up rainwater intercept by plants, namely stem flow and throughfall. This study aims to measure the value of rain intercept, canopy escape, and stem flow of nantu, nutmeg, and clove trees in the plantation area of ​​Waremungan Village, Kec. Pineleng, Kab. Minahasa. The method used in this research is quantitative comparative by comparing the differences in the observations. The study used 3 (three) species, namely nantu, nutmeg, and clove trees with each repeated 5 (five) times so that 15 (fifteen) experimental units were obtained with an observation period of 10 (ten) times then processed using t-value analysis. The results showed that the distribution of rainfall in terms of intercept, stem flow, and crown escape on clove, nutmeg, and nantu trees was not significantly different.