Short Communication:  The fruit plant species diversity in the home gardens and their contribution to the livelihood of communities in rural area

Elfrida, Elfrida; Mubarak, A. R.; Suwardi, Adi Bejo

doi:10.13057/biodiv/d210833

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“…However, only about 20-22% of them are cultivated, while the rest 78% are still harvested from the wild (Azmin et al 2019). Local communities have long used various plant species for medicinal purposes (Jadid et al 2020;Suwardi et al 2021) as well as for food (Elfrida et al 2020;Navia et al 2015;Navia et al 2020a;Suwardi et al 2020a;Suwardi et al 2020b;Navia et al 2021), traditional ceremonies (Sutrisno et al 2020), and household income (Suwardi et al 2020c). The interaction between humans and plants has long been described as one of the factors influencing human civilization, particularly in medical fields (Yeung et al 2020).…”

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Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by community in Jambur Labu Village, East Aceh, Indonesia

2021

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Abstract. Elfrida, Tarigan NS, Suwardi AB. 2021. Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by community in Jambur Labu Village, East Aceh, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 22: 2893-2900. Jambur Labu is a village in East Aceh that is home to various ethnic groups. The community in the village has used various plant species as a traditional medicine to treat diseases and disorders. The aim of this study was to investigate the medicinal plants used by the community in the Jambur Labu Village, Birem Bayeun Sub-district, East Aceh, Indonesia. This study was based on field surveys, plant collection, and interviews with the local people. Interviews were performed with 30 informants selected using the Snowball Sampling technique. A total of 107 medicinal plant species, belonging to 87 families, were documented to be used by the local community in Jambur Labu Village. Leaves were the most used plant part (38%), followed by fruit (22%), whole plant (9%), rhizome (8%), roots (7%), flowers and bark (4% each), sap (3%), stem and tuber (2% each), and seeds (1%) and the main mode of preparations are decoction (39%). Breynia androgyna (L.) Chakrab.dan N.P.Balakr., Moringa oleifera Lam, Jatropha multifida L., Zingiber montanum (J.Koenig) Link ex A.Dietr., Zingiber officinale Roscoe., and Tagetes erecta L. had the highest UV value (0.96), indicating the high importance of such species for the community. The high informant consensus factor (ICF=0.978) was assigned to the diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (DBF) category. The results of this study can enrich the existing study of medicinal uses of plant by communities, in this context is the use by a community in Aceh.

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Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by community in Jambur Labu Village, East Aceh, Indonesia

2021

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“…Over a long history, local communities in the Aceh Tamiang District, along with almost 80% of whom live in rural areas, have accumulated a wealth of folk medicinal knowledge and represented many experiences in treating common local diseases. Although the use of medicinal plants in Indonesia has been studied in different locations, particularly in Aceh province (Elfrida et al 2020;Sutrisno et al 2020;Suwardi et al 2020;, it was discovered that many of them were poorly described and neglected. In addition, traditional medicinal knowledge is threatened by a lack of written records and conservative inheritance behavior.…”

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Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by local communities in Sekerak Subdistrict, Aceh Tamiang, Indonesia

2021

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Abstract. Navia ZI, Suwardi AB, Baihaqi. 2021. Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by local communities in Sekerak Subdistrict, Aceh Tamiang, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 22: 4273-4281. Local communities in Aceh Tamiang have gained a wealth of medicinal knowledge through practice and experience in their long-term battles with the disease. However, because of a lack of written records and rapid economic development, their traditional medicinal knowledge is under threat. This study investigated medicinal plants and related traditional knowledge of local communities in the Sekerak subdistrict, Aceh Taming, Indonesia. Field surveys, plant collections, and interviews with communities were used in this study. The Snowball Sampling technique was used to select 60 informants for the interviews. A total of 46 medicinal plant species belonging to 40 genera and 26 families were used for medicinal purposes by local communities to treat 28 different diseases. The itch, swelling, cough, and nosebleed were the most commonly treated. With a use-value index of 0.98, Tagetes erecta was the most commonly used medicinal plant by local communities. In addition, local communities identified the leaf (50%) as the most widely used plant part and oral administration (65%) as the most common method of administering traditional medicine. Elders have more knowledge of medicinal plants than younger generations, indicating that traditional knowledge is eroding across generations. However, initiatives to promote and conserve medicinal plants must be improved, particularly among the younger generation. This is required to ensure the availability of medicinal plants and the preservation of traditional knowledge in the future.

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“…Several studies on the fruit plant species in the yard or home garden showed that Indonesia has great potential. Previous studies in Aceh Tamiang District reported 39 species of fruit plants (Elfrida et al 2020); in South Aceh District there were 56 species of native edible fruit plants (Suwardi et al 2020), while in Karo District there were 30 species of fruit plant (Silalahi and Nisyawati 2018). This species of native fruit plant plays an important role in the daily life of people living in developing countries, including in cultural events (Mabaya et al 2014;Khruomo and Deb 2018;Sutraningsih 2019;Purwanto 2020).…”

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Local snake fruit conservation in East Java, Indonesia: Community knowledge and appreciation

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Abstract. Indah NK, Indriyani S, Arumingtyas EL, Azrianingsih R. 2021. Local snake fruit conservation in East Java, Indonesia: Community knowledge and appreciation. Biodiversitas 22: 416-423. The community-based conservation of plant species diversity by variety of utility is an effective method for preserving local plants. Salak or the ‘snake fruit’ from East Java is an important fruit plant species in East Java. However, recent dramatic decline in its production and consumption occurred due to land-use change of plantation into resident or settlement areas. This study aims to analyze the value of local knowledge and appreciation and discusses the conservation strategy to cope with the situation. This descriptive research adopted 328 respondents from 10 local and introduced snake fruit cultivation areas in East Java. Respondents were divided into four age categories: young (17-30 years), adults (30-45 years), middle-aged (45-60 years), and old (>60 years). The questioner consisted of closed and open questions about knowledge (9 questions) and appreciation (13 questions). There were variations in the level of knowledge and appreciation between locations and ages. The highest appreciation about snake fruit utilization was shown by the middle-aged group (85.53% and 75% respectively) based on the age group. In comparison, the lowest scores were shown in the young group (79.82% and 59.80% respectively). The points that support appreciation such as benefits and value of snake fruit for societal support. Based on the snake fruit cultivation area, the highest score for knowledge and appreciation of its value was found in Bojonegoro (98.1% and 87.01% respectively) while these were the lowest in Trenggalek (68.0% and 57.10% respectively). Appreciation supports community-based conservation through snake fruit festivals, product diversification i.e. making processed foods, and its use in religious ceremonies.

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Short Communication: The fruit plant species diversity in the home gardens and their contribution to the livelihood of communities in rural area

Cited by 33 publications

References 22 publications

Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by community in Jambur Labu Village, East Aceh, Indonesia

Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by community in Jambur Labu Village, East Aceh, Indonesia

Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by local communities in Sekerak Subdistrict, Aceh Tamiang, Indonesia

Local snake fruit conservation in East Java, Indonesia: Community knowledge and appreciation

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