Abstract:
In general, this study highlights the importance of local knowledge and cultural perspective in dealing with the use of sago plant by sub-ethnic Ayamaru in south Ayamaru sub district. In order to gain information, survey method has been applied to identify types of management and usage from sago plant. To understand the management pattern that bases on culture, then discussion through semi-structural interview with questionnaires were carried out. The result revealed that sago plant is still pivotal in the cultural based community, so a lot of related information in conjunction with sago plant will pass over their generations in the community. There were two sago plant cultivar that found namely ‘Akek’ dan sagu ‘Koror’ and both were thorny variety. However, they were different in morphological attributes such as diameter, height, leaf size, pith color, and their productivity. The ideal age of the plant to be harvested was a minimum of seven years and it will be decent to be more than that age with an average starch production of between 10 up to 15 kg.
