Karakterisasi (tipe kanopi dan perakaran) tumbuhan lokal untuk konservasi tanah dan air, studi kasus pada kluwih studi kasus pada kluwih (Artocarpus altilis Park. Ex Zoll. Forsberg) dan bambu hitam (Gigantochloa atroviolaceae Widjaja)

Java Island low land forest is known for their plants diversity, their species and their function. Kluwih (Artocarpus altilis Park. ex Zoll. Forsberg) and Black Bamboo (Gigantochloa atroviolaceae Widjaja), are Javanese local plants, that surely has important roles in ecosystem as land and water source conservation. This research was done to find the understanding of plants and their relation with land and water source conservation. Observed parameters were root and canopy storage, whether their function on land and water source conservation, investigated by their canopy and leaf litter interception, also stem flow of the rainfall. The rainfall observation was done in the Purwodadi Botanic Garden, whether root, plant and canopy storage were observed around the natural water source. Data were analyzed descriptively based on their root and canopy storage. Canopy, leaf litter interception and stem flow analyzed with MS Excel 2007. Result showed that kluwih has a round canopy and taproot type. Black bamboo with its fibrous root and hairy stem character could keep the water loss 84.63415% of rainfall, better than kluwih that only could keep 51.00685%. Both of them had an ability to keep the water loss and conserved land from eruption and kept save the water from the rainfall.