Utilization of Natural and Syntethic Cytokinins Towards Dragon’s Blood Germination (Daemonorops didymophylla) Revis Asra 1 , Rainiyati 2 , Ririn Ananda Samarlina 3 {revisasra@unja.ac.id} Biology department, Faculty of Science and Technology University of Jambi 1,2 , Faculty of Agriculture,University of Jambi, Jambi, Indonesia 3 Abstract.Dragon’ss blood (Daemonorops didymophylla)is one of local plants in Jambi Province that has commercial value. However, the existence of this plant is rare due to lack of cultivation by local community because of long period of germination of dragon’s blood seeds (8 months - 1 year). This researches aimed to discover the effect of given natural cyokinins (coconut milk) and synthetic (atonic) towards dragon’s blood germination. Results shows that given synthetic cytokinins (atonic) at 1,5% with soaking period for 48 hours and natural cytokinins (coconut milk) at 75% at 48 hours soaking period able to stimulate fastest germination resulting only two days while soaking period towards dragon’ss blood haveno influence towards germination. The highest germination found on 1% atonic concentration and 75% concentration of coconut milk. Keywords: Atonic, coconut milk, concentration, dragon’s blood, germination and soaking period 1 Introduction Dragon’s blood (Daemonorops didymophylla) is one of local plants in Jambi Province that has a economy value. Dragon’s blood is one of rattan palms. Generally most frequent part used from rattan is the stem, however, different with dragon’s bloo d palm, resin is the part used resulted from its fruit. Dragon’s blood resin can be used for medicine for some illness such as diarrhea, bleeding, anti tumor, as well as anti microbe. In addition, its resin also used as natural dyes (Gupta et al., 2007). Dragon’s blood resin has become source of income of Jambi citizens that live around forest and AnakDalam tribe. Based on survey about dragon’s blood resin atlocal level at 2009 - 2012 is Rp. 60.000,-/kg, and since 2014 dragon’s blood resin able to reaches Rp. 100.000. Dragon’s blood resin were exported into some countries. The demand of dragon’s blood resin in global market were stable with higher consumer involving China, Hongkong dan Singapura. Based on data from RRC that this country requires 400 tons of dr agon’s blood resin every year and Indonesia only capable to export less than 27 tons per year (Arifin, 2009). Based on BPS dragon’s blood palm production in Jambi decreased. Last production at 1995 reaches 15 tons after 1995-2010 dragon’s blood palm production were not recorded. Asra (2013) found four kinds of dragon’s blood in Jambi forest. They were Daemonorops maculata J. Dransf., Daemonorops draconcella Becc., Daemonorops propinqua Becc. and Daemonorops draco (Willd.) Blume. Asra (2014) conduct a genetic diversity to dragon’s AISTSSE 2018, October 18-19, Medan, Indonesia Copyright © 2019 EAI DOI 10.4108/eai.18-10-2018.2287384