Population Structure of Mahar Plant (Kleinhovia hospita L.) in the Forest Batu Tangga Village Batang Alai Timur Sub-Districts Hulu Sungai Tengah Regency
South Kalimantan has enormous biodiversity, one of them is the Mahar Plant (Kleinhovia hospita L.). Mahar Plant have benefits that the leaves can be use to prevent the growth of gray hair (white hair) and can also be used as a cure nosebleeds, wood as a knife handle or a so-called "Kumpang parang" in the local language. Studies of population structure in a bid to find out the status of the populations of plants and as a baseline study in conservation efforts. The purpose of this study to determine the structure populations of Mahar plant In The Forest Batu Tangga Village Sungai Alai Sub-Districts Hulu Sungai Tengah Regency. The method used is the method of systematic description by using the technique of transects in an area of 5000m x 150m. The structure of Mahar plants observed number of seedling, sapling, pole and tree. Analysis of the data to calculate the structure of the population using the formula of Odum (1993). The results showed that the structure populations of Mahar plant in forests Batu Tangga village Hulu Sungai Tengah showed high percentages in the younger age groups with a population pyramid structure forms the basis of the width of the status of not rare (128,900 individuals / 1 km2).