TY - JOUR
T1 - The diversity of beneficial plants in the home-owned gardens of the Lingga Village, the Karo District, North Sumatra, Indonesia
AU - Silalahi, M.
AU - Nisyawati,
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PY - 2018/12/10
Y1 - 2018/12/10
N2 - The Batak Karo sub-ethnic group uses home gardens as resources for medicinal, edible, and ornamental plants. However, baseline information still lacks on the species diversity. The objective of this study was mainly to assess plant biodiversty in home gardens. Data were collected using ethnobotanical surveys and interviews. The surveys were conducted in 9 home gardens located at Lingga Village, Karo District, North Sumatra. Ninety species were recorded belonging to 45 families and 77 genera as useful plants in home gardens. The Araceae, Liliaceae and Solanaceae were the common family that were found each comprising 8, 7, and 6 species, respectively. The species used as edible plants (53 species), ornamental plants (35 species) and medicinal plants (23 spesies). Begonia sp., and Sechium edule were the most species found in the home gardens.
AB - The Batak Karo sub-ethnic group uses home gardens as resources for medicinal, edible, and ornamental plants. However, baseline information still lacks on the species diversity. The objective of this study was mainly to assess plant biodiversty in home gardens. Data were collected using ethnobotanical surveys and interviews. The surveys were conducted in 9 home gardens located at Lingga Village, Karo District, North Sumatra. Ninety species were recorded belonging to 45 families and 77 genera as useful plants in home gardens. The Araceae, Liliaceae and Solanaceae were the common family that were found each comprising 8, 7, and 6 species, respectively. The species used as edible plants (53 species), ornamental plants (35 species) and medicinal plants (23 spesies). Begonia sp., and Sechium edule were the most species found in the home gardens.
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U2 - 10.1088/1755-1315/203/1/012006
DO - 10.1088/1755-1315/203/1/012006
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85058512143
SN - 1755-1307
VL - 203
JO - IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
JF - IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
IS - 1
M1 - 012006
T2 - International Symposium on Arboriculture in the Tropics: Securing Ecosystem Functions in Urban Landscape, ISATrop 2017
Y2 - 21 November 2017
ER -