Morphological and Anatomical Characteristic Kinship of Faloak Plant (Sterculia quadrifida R.Br) as Learning Source for Morphology and Anatomy of Plant Course Based on Local Natural Resources

Abstract

This study aims to determine the morphological and anatomical characteristic kinship of faloak plant (Sterculia quadrifida R.Br) growing in Kupang Regency as learning source for morphology and anatomy of plant course based on local natural resources. The study was conducted at the Laboratory of Biology Education Study Program, Kupang Muhammadiyah University from March to May 2019. This study used a qualitative descriptive approach with cluster analysis method. To see the kinship of the plant, this study used UPGMA method of Nei and Li's coefficient similarity through the MVSP software program version 3.2. The results of this study show that faloacic kinship from the three locations in Kupang Regency had a value of 77%. Meanwhile, anatomical characteristics show that the highest stomata density value was 5.6 stomata/µm and the lowest stomata density value was 2.9 stomata/µm.

The Effectiveness of the Local Knowledge-Based Module (LKBM) to Improve Students’ Scientific Literacy and Thinking Skills

“…In this case, a module integrating local-based materials such as the Faloak plant can trigger students to learn and enhance their motivation (Tazhitova et al, 2022). The integration of Faloak plants as learning material in this research is because of their suitability as learning material in science, which has already been confirmed by Lestari (2019). She suggests the appropriateness of the Faloak plant as learning material for morphology and anatomy subjects.…”

“…They also report the low level of students' critical thinking skills. Lestari et al (2019) observed junior high school students in Kupang, Indonesia. They found that the students needed more ability to argue and could not interpret issues in the learning process, indicating their lack of critical thinking.…”

“…3) The utilization of the Faloak plants as the learning material in the module is scarce. Based on the literature review conducted in several reputable journals, research regarding Faloak plants in Kupang is restricted to Faloak plants as the curing disease (Dean et al, 2019;Siswadi et al, 2021) and the anatomy and morphological aspects of the plants (Asmiati et al, 2019;Uslan et al, 2020;Jannah et al, 2022). Therefore, integrating the Faloak plant as the learning material is new and has become the originality of the current research.…”

Effect of Sterculia Quadrifida R. Br Bark to in Vitro DPPH Radical and Glutathione Peroxidase on Diabetic Wistar Rats

“…which is known as faloak, belonging to the family Sterculiaceae, widely distributed in Indonesia, especially in Timor, Sumba, Alor, and Flores Island [6]. Conventionally, in Indonesia, especially East Nusa Tenggara, the bark of this plant is used to treat liver diseases, gastroenteritis and as stamina booster [7], rheumatism, and malaria [8]. The ethanolic extract of S. quadrifida bark had been reported to have cytotoxicity activity on hepatocyte cell line Huh7 and inhibition activity to HCV JFH1 replication [9], antidiabetic [10], and immunomodulatory [11].…”