On August 31, Palu, Biology Doctor Aiyen Tjoa of the University of Central Sulawesi introduced the results of her research on nickel flowers at the Solovak Nickel Mine in South Sulawesi Province. Nickel flowers are hyperaccumulators. The amount of heavy metals that can absorb nickel and other heavy metals is more than 10 times higher than that of ordinary plants. Generally, each gram of leaves contains 1000 micrograms of nickel. It can be said that there are nickel ore in mines and there must be nickel flowers.
Dr. Cai said that the phenomenon of nickel flowers was discovered in 1970 by Antony van der Ent, Ph.D. of Biology at the University of Queensland, Australia. There are various types of nickel flowers, among which are "Sarcotheca Nambica" and "Knema Matanensis", which were found to contain 1,000 per gram of leaf. To 5000 micrograms of nickel.
Dr. Tsai added that according to Dr. Anthony’s research report, if we can cultivate a super nickel flower that can absorb 10,000 micrograms per gram of leaf, we can build economically valuable nickel plantations and harvest nickel in an environmentally friendly manner. 120 kg of nickel produced
