Plant Collection in Bogor Botanical Garden as a Source of Functional Food

Abstract

Plant collection in Bogor Botanical Garden (BBG) has various potentials, one of which is as a food source. However, not all food produced from plants can be claimed as functional foods. This study analyses the potential of plants kept in the collections of BBG as functional foods and medicine sources with nutritional and health values. Literature studies have been carried out related to nutrition value and active substances owned by these plants, while data related to health claim was based on the results of ethnobotany studies, especially the use of medicinal plants by 28 ethnics in Indonesia. The results suggest 168 species of the BBG collection which can be claimed as a source of functional food which can be categorized into seven main categories. Among these plants are species classified as threatened or endangered such as Mangifera casturi, Vanilla planifolia, Pterocarpus indicus, Borassus flabellifer, Cycas rumphii, Dillenia philippinensis, and Litchi chinensis. 
 Key words: BBG, functional food, threatened species

Ethnomedicinal Aspects of Sundanese Traditional Homegarden: A Case Study in Rural Sumedang, West Java, Indonesia

“…Therefore, the loss of various medicinal plants in the homegardens can also cause the loss of the potential of these medicinal plants for various treatments in rural areas, as well as the loss of local rural residents' knowledge on the use of these medicinal plants in the homegarden (Iskandar et al, 2018). Some studies on medical plants for the treatment of various diseases of rural communities in West Java and other regions in Indonesia have been undertaken by some scholars (Hidayat et al, 2012;Murni et al, 2012;Sari et al, 2015;Nahdi et al, 2016;Silalahi, 2016;Wicaksono, 2016;Malini et al, 2017;Susanti and Sukaesih, 2017;Susila et al, 2017;and Silalahi and Nisyawati, 2018). However, study on local knowledge on illnesses of the rural community, and function of homegarden system as medicinal source and local food sources has rarely undertaken.…”