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

Iskandar, Budiawati Supangkat; Suryana, Yayan; Mulyanto, Dede; Iskandar, Johan; Gunawan, Rimbo

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“…The dominant plant species were analyzed using the index of SDR (Summed Dominant Ratio) (Iskandar and Iskandar 2016). The formula for the index of SDR is: FR = Frequency of a certain plant species x 100% Total frequency of total plant species DR = Individual of certain plant species x 100% Total individuals of plants species…”

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“…Where: F : Absolute frequency of certain plant species recorded in all plots of homegarden Fr : Relative frequency Dr : Relative dominancy One homegarden is considered a plot SDR is the sum of relative frequency and relative dominance. Therefore, the plant species with a high SDR index means that this species has a high frequency or can be recorded in many samples and has a high number of individuals in the samples of the study area (Iskandar and Iskandar 2016).…”

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“…Biophysical factors, for example, the average size of the homegarden of the Cihegar Mekar is higher than those of Ciboboko. Based on some ecology studies of the homegarden in Citarum Watershed, West Java, there is a positive correlation between the size of the homegarden and the species number of the homegarden plants (Christanty 1990;Karyono 1990, Iskandar andIskandar 2016).…”

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“…In addition, the vegetation structure and the functions of the homegarden are influenced by the socio-economiccultural systems of the owner, such as education, income, the purpose of planting, and market economy (Iskandar and Iskandar 2016;Iskandar et al 2018;Prihatini et al 2018). Enriching the number of plant species in both hamlets is important for residents since they are affected by the Jatigede Dam development.…”

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“…Biophysical and socio-economic-cultural factors, including homegarden size, altitude, population density, and cash crop, may influence the plant diversity of the homegarden (Christanty et al 1986;Iskandar and Iskandar 2016). The homegarden size, for example, the larger homegarden, the greater the number of plant species.…”

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Plants diversity and socioecological functions of homegarden in Sundanese rural area: A case in Sumedang District, West Java, Indonesia

SUWARTAPRADJA¹,

Iskandar

et al. 2023

Biodiversitas

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Abstract. Suwartapradja OS, Iskandar J, Iskandar BS, Mulyanto D, Suroso, Nurjaman D, Nisyapuri FF. 2023. Plants diversity and socioecological functions of homegarden in Sundanese rural area: a case in Sumedang district, West Java, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 24: 156-175. Homegarden is one of the traditional agroforestry systems in Indonesia, which is traditionally planted with various annual and perennial plants. It has provided social, economic, cultural, and ecological functions. The objective of this study is to elucidate the vegetation structure and function of the homegarden system of two groups of rural communities who are affected by the development project of Jatigede Dam, Sumedang, West Java. The first community group of residents who lost their village, their homegarden, and another agricultural land due to the Jatigede dam and settled in new resettlement provided by the local government in Cihegar Mekar Hamlet. The second community group, residents living in the neighboring Kampung Cihegar Mekar, whose settlements and homegarden were not inundated by the Jatigede Dam, but the Jatigede Dam inundated their agricultural lands. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used with an ethnobotanical approach. The results showed that the diversity of species of the homegarden of Cihegar Mekar and Ciboboko Hamlets affected by the Jatigede dam project was high. In Cihegar Hamlet, the number of species, genera, and family in 2018 and 2022 was recorded at 63 and 155, 58 and 130, and 39 and 59, respectively. While in Ciboboko, Hamlet in 2018 and 2022 recorded the number of species, genera, and family at 81 and 144, 76 and 114, and 44 and 55, respectively. These variables have significantly increased in the past 4 years (2018-2022). The residents are intensifying the cultivation of their homegarden because other agricultural land types, such as wet-rice fields, have been dramatically reduced or even lost due to inundation by the Jatigede dam. The 224 plant species found in the homegarden consist of 127 (56.70%), 30 (13.39%), 27 (12.05%), and 13 (5.80%) ornamental, fruit, vegetable, and spice species. At least 20 species and varieties (landraces) of the homegarden have been considered to fulfill the daily household need, and some surpluses are sold to obtain household income. So, the high diversity of plant species in the village homegarden has essential functions to support food security and the population well-being of those affected people of the development project of Jatigede Dam. Homegardens appear to be an important strategy for attaining the rural development program and can be accomplished with proper planning.

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Plants diversity and socioecological functions of homegarden in Sundanese rural area: A case in Sumedang District, West Java, Indonesia

SUWARTAPRADJA¹,

Iskandar

et al. 2023

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Maroon rice genomic diversity reflects 350 years of colonial history

van de Loosdrecht,

Pinas,

Tjoe Awie

et al. 2024

Preprint

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Maroons in Suriname and French Guiana descend from enslaved Africans who escaped the plantations during colonial times. Maroon farmers still cultivate a large rice diversity, their oldest staple crop. Maroon oral history and written records by colonial authorities provide contrasting perspectives on the origins of Maroon rice. Here, we integrated genomic ancestry analyses of 136 newly sequenced Maroon rice varieties with ethnobotanical and archival research to reconstruct the historical contexts associated with the introduction of rice varieties to the Guianas. We found that a large subset traces to West Africa, linked to the transatlantic slave trade (c.1530-1825). Maroons obtained other varieties from indentured laborers from Java (1890 onwards), USA rice breeders (1932 onwards), and Hmong refugees from the Vietnam War (1991). Furthermore, we found rice types never documented before, indicating Maroon farmers selected from crosses. Overall, our results demonstrate that the Maroon farming system prioritizes maintenance of a high stock diversity, which we posit reflects the expertise they inherited from their (African) ancestors. Ignored by agricultural modernization initiatives, Maroon farmers today are important custodians of a unique cultural heritage. Moreover, the genomic findings underline many Maroon stories about their past. This study hence demonstrates the power of cross-disciplinary crop research to reconstruct aspects of the human past for which historical records may be biased or incomplete. We anticipate that a similar study approach can be applied to other heirloom crops of (Indigenous) communities that may have preserved their history on their farms to reconstruct, acknowledge and honor the past.

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Local Knowledge and Management of Sago Palm (Metroxylon Sagu Rottboell) Diversity in South Central Seram, Maluku, Eastern Indonesia

Ellen

2006

Journal of Ethnobiology

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Given the cultural importance of palms it might be assumed that, like other starch staples, they would be internally diverse genetically, yielding large numbers of cultivars reflected in lexical polytypy. This article explores why this does not appear to be so for sago palms ( Metroxylon sagu), managed by the Nuaulu of Seram, eastern Indonesia. The economic and cultural significance of the sago palm for the Nuaulu, as for much of Maluku and lowland New Guinea, is immense; but the extent to which humans have managed it has been underestimated, it once being widely accepted that reliance on sago was inversely correlated to the development of conventional agriculture. Nuaulu spend about 32 percent of their total subsistence effort engaged in sago extraction. However, given its overall significance as food, in work budgets, as a multi-purpose natural product, and in cultural imagery, the level of formally codified genetic diversity is low. The hypothesis is examined that managed sago palms do not readily lend themselves to the generation of a large number of stable cultivars, and that this is related to modes of reproduction, longevity and single lifetime flowering, and to extensive reliance on vegetative propagation and forms of tenure and husbandry.

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

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Plants diversity and socioecological functions of homegarden in Sundanese rural area: A case in Sumedang District, West Java, Indonesia

Plants diversity and socioecological functions of homegarden in Sundanese rural area: A case in Sumedang District, West Java, Indonesia

Maroon rice genomic diversity reflects 350 years of colonial history

Local Knowledge and Management of Sago Palm (Metroxylon Sagu Rottboell) Diversity in South Central Seram, Maluku, Eastern Indonesia

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