INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ∙ Vol. 8 No. 2 ∙ April 2021 eISSN: 2655-9994 pISSN: 2303-3371 https://doi.org/10.24843/IJBB.2021.v08.i02.p08 FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, UDAYANA UNIVERSITY ∙ 62 MORPHOLOGY, PRODUCTIVITY AND QUALITY OF GENJAH SUGAR PALM IN KUTAI NATIONAL PARK, EAST KALIMANTAN, INDONESIA Liris Lis Komara 1 *, Nur Patria Kurniawan 2 1 Forestry Study Program, East Kutai Agriculture College School, Jl. Sukarno Hatta, East Kutai, East Kalimantan 75611 2 Kutai National Park, Jl. Awang Long No.33, North Bontang, Bontang city, East Kalimantan 75311 *Corresponding author: liskomara@yahoo.co.id ABSTRACT Kutai National Park is the conservation forest in East Kalimantan, which can be used for community welfare through non-timber forest products utilization. One of the superior commoditty of non-timber forest products in Kandolo Village under the guidance of Kutai National Park is Genjah Sugar Palm ( Arenga pinata Merr). This research objective was to determine the morphology, productivity and quality of the east kutai native genjah sugar palm. The materials used are fresh sap, the method of making palm sugar was by heating for 3 hours to evaporate the water. The heating is ended after it becomes thickened. After thickening, the stew is immediately removed from the heat. Before printing the thick sap is stirred so the heat is more evenly distributed. The result of research shows that the morphology of genjah sugar palm is very unique, because it has a short tree shape and a production age of 5-6 years. The productivity was quite high, the yield of sap is more than 12 liters day -1 , the duration of tapping is > 3 months tree - 1 . The chemical compound quality of genjah palm sugar had water content, ash, sacrose, reducing sugar, copper and mercury content of 2.24%, 1.76%, 95.48%, 1.02%, 1.62 ppm and 0.01 ppm. Keywords: Kutai National Park, Genjah Palm Sugar, Sap INTRODUCTION Kutai National Park is a government institution that manages the National Parkin East Kalimantan. The management of the National Park area as a conservation forest can be used for community welfare, including the use of non-timber forest products. One of the non timber forest products that has become a leading commodity in the Kutai National Park and East Kutai Regency is the Arenga pinata (Tamsir, 2020). Genjah Sugar palm can grow well in the Kutai National Park area with a distribution area from the Teluk Singkama Village to Teluk Pandan Village area (Tamsir,