Coconuts and cloves in Indonesia
1986
Davis, T.A. | Azis, H. | Darwis, S.N.
Coconuts (Arecaceae) and cloves (Myrtaceae), inspite of their wide phylogenetic distance, exhibit no serious competition when raised as mixed crops. These two industrial crops, most important for Indonesia, were increasingly intercultured because of monetary benefits. Due to low price of copra, and the abnormally high income clove flowers fetch for the farmer because of a flourishing clove-cigarette industry, intercropping gardens with clove brings enormous profit for the farmer. No doubt, a pure crop of clove under ideal conditions and good management could bring much greater income than mono-cultured or when it is intercropped with clove. The present emphasis, however, is on the fact that pure gardens under conditions prevailing in most parts of Indonesia had more income when intercropped with clove. There was wide variation in the structure and development of roots, leaves, flowers and fruits between the two species. The cost-benefit or raising and clove gardens were worked out. Harvesting of coconut was monthly or once in two-month operation, while clove flowers were picked once a year, and these harvesting practices differed considerably
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