History Jabon Planting

Plants Jabon been often regarded as a local plant that exists only in Indonesia. This is particularly believed by those who lack an understanding of the history of the plant are widely or also has its own importance for the development of this Jabon plant. Basically, this statement is wrong. Given before known in parts of Indonesia, Jabon already known by many people of other countries especially in Southeast Asia since the early 20th century
This plant has a scientific name Anthocephalus chinensis / a.cadamba. Cultivation of this plant is grown not only in Asia, even into other plants are recommended to be cultivated in the West African region. These recommendations are obtained after conducting several experiments conducted in the area of ​​Puerto Rico as well as several other areas in the Americas.
From research conducted Helinga (1950) note that between the years 1936-1940, many Jabon plantation established in Java, East Indonesia and Borneo. In addition, in the region Tigers Estate, Tawau Sabah ever found Japanese-owned plantation before World War II. And in the Philippines, Jabon plants often referred to as the "jewel tree", mentioned Monsalud and Lopez (1976).
Scientific evidence shows that Jabon tree is not a new type of new plant species is grown. Given, this plant has been cultivated. For a long time. Only it was not known by the public, because the cultivation is less popular, the other with other crops such as sengon.
In each country, the mention of Anthocephalus chinensis Jabon or not the same. In Malaya, it was generally known as Kelempayan (Corner, 1940), in the Philippines - Bangkal Kaatoan (Lee, 1966); as Kadamba in India (Troup, 1921); Selimpoh in Sarawak, Bangkal in Brunei (Browne, 1955); Kelampajang in Indonesia (Ohtani et al, 1962.). This plant is characterized by small, lightweight seeds, fast berkolonisasi in young forests and planted in the nursery.
In India, this plant is quite widely used for various human needs. This is because the structure of this tree is quite light and fiber composition suitable material for various industrial activities. So if anyone thinks that the plant Jabon is a new species that have not proven their quality, presumably this needs to be questioned again. And if we want to reflect on the facts and data, of course it becomes an answer to the doubts of many people about plants Jabon. And for those who already have confidence in these plants, presumably the existence of these historical facts into a confidence booster that Jabon plant selection is not an error. And become a good option to invest. Because how was the pioneer definitely better than the imitators.