CHARACTERIZATION OF MANGO (Mangifera indica L.) IN RIMBA JAYA VILLAGE, MERAUKE REGENCY, INDONESIA

ABSTRACT This research aimed to characterize mango cultivars nformation mango cultivars.   The research was held in Rimba Jaya Village, Merauke District, Merauke Regency for five months. The methodology was descriptive by purposive sampling. The samples were observed based on plant origin, stem colour, girth, leaf shape, leaf size, petiole length, fruit size, fruit flesh thickness, fruit flesh colour, fruit flavor, fruit scent, fruit weight and ripe fruit colour, etc. The primary data were retrieved with measuring and observing the mango plant samples. The result indicated that there are 16 accessions of mangoes. Accession 01 have high morphology similarity  with Gadoh varieties-343, accession  02 with Arumanis-1 (VIII 42),  accession  03 with Li’ar, accession 04 with Roti-415 (III/97), accession  05 with Royal Palm California-223 (VIII/7), accession  06 with Trapang-419 (III/101), accession  07 with Kartikia-449,  accession  08 with Salak-417 (III/99), accession 09 with Kopyor-173, accession with Golek-31(I/28), accession  11 with Bapang-13, accession 12 with Golek-33 (I/30), accession  13 with F1-47, accession  14 with Delima-209, accession  15 with Mangga Ayu-287 and accession 16 with Peach (IV/111) varieties. Keywords : characterization, accession, mango, varieties, preserve.