Sintrong (Crassocephalum repidiodes) is an indigenous vegetable in several regions in Indonesia. It is nutritious and contains bioactive ingredients that are beneficial to health. Although it has been consumed as a vegetable, it has not been cultivated so people only harvest it from nature. The study aimed to obtain information about its morphological and physiological characteristics to develop cultivation technology. In situ exploration was conducted in three areas namely Bogor, Cianjur, and Purwakarta in the highlands and lowlands. Observations were made on morphological and physiological characters, namely leaf characters, pigment content, flavonoids, and phenol content. The results showed that there were 4 accession groups based on morphophysiological characters. In addition, all accessions showed that they contained beneficial non-nutritive chemical components, namely flavonoids in the range of 1152.39-1596.15 mg QE 100 g−1 dry matter and total phenol 722.96-2345.97 mg GAE 100 g−1 dry matter.
Sintrong is an Indonesian indigenous vegetable with leaves used for vegetables, digestive disorders, and burns. Changes in the environment due to an increase in temperature affect the growth and quality of sitrong, and its existence in the nature is threatened. This study aims to obtain information about the effect of exposure to high temperatures on the physiological character and flavonoid content of indigenous sintrong vegetables and obtain accession of sintrong, which can be developed as a functional vegetable. The Nested randomized group design was applied with two factors, temperature differences as the main plot and accession as a second plot. Four replications were conducted for each accession in the Cikabayan experimental garden of IPB. The results showed that exposure to high temperatures up to 32 °C increased the speed of flowering age, which was 4.76% and 7.14% faster and showed a high wilting rate of 36.66%, but decreased leaf area index up to 30.30% and 42.42% at the conditions above ambient temperature exposure (control). Flavonoid content did not show any effect due to exposure to high temperatures. The flavonoid content reached 1695.38 and 1834.83 mg QE 100 g<sup>-1</sup>. Bogor 1 accession showed the best performance so that the plants can be developed for functional vegetables. Based on the research findings, sintrong should be harvested earlier before flowering to obtain high leaf production and good-quality vegetables.
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