Morphology identification and description of coffee plants (Coffea sp) in Karo District

Abstract

Coffee is individual of the other plantation supplies that has a great commercial worth amid other estate harvests and plays a significant role as a basis of external exchange. This research aims to identify and determine the morphological characters of coffee plants (Coffea sp) in the three Sub-Districts Merek, Naman Teran, and Simpang Empat, Districts of Tanah Karo, North Sumatera, Indonesia. The research was conducted in 2019 which consisted of 27 plant samples. This research is an exploratory research which is conducted by survey and the sample is taken by using accidental sampling method. Observation of coffee morphological characters based on the IPGRI (International Plant Genetic Resources Institute) descriptor manual. The results showed that 27 coffee accessions found in each location had a relatively close similarity distance with the farthest kinship value of 8.813 found in the K₂₆ and K₈ accessions.