Potensi Tumbuhan Pewarna dan Pestisida Nabati di Kecamatan Suoh, Kabupaten Lampung Barat, Provinsi Lampung

Abstract

Suoh District is one of the districts in West Lampung Regency which has a designated community forest area. This area has the potential to have high plant diversity with the existence of a community forest area. Suoh District is also an area in West Lampung Regency which is located quite far from the city center, so that the community tends to utilize existing resources including dye plants and botanical pesticides. However, data regarding the use of dye plants and botanical pesticides by the community in Suoh District is still unknown, so this research needs to be done. This study aims to identify the potential of dye plants and botanical pesticides in Suoh District, West Lampung Regency, Lampung Province. Based on the results of the study, it shows that the richness of dye plants and botanical pesticides in Suoh District is 61 species which can be grouped into 36 families, with details of dye plants as many as 26 species and 23 families, while botanical pesticide plants are 46 species and 26 families. Parts of dye plants utilized by the community in Suoh District consist of roots, leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds, bark, powder, rhizomes and tubers; Based on its use, dye plants in Suoh District can be divided into 5 types, namely food and beverage dyes, food dyes, beverage dyes, textile dyes and hair dyes; and based on the type of color they produce, dye plants in Suoh District can be divided into 8 types, namely blue, brown, green, black, yellow. Red, orange, and white. Parts of botanical pesticide plants used by the community in Suoh District consist of rice husk ash, roots, shells, stems, seeds, fruit, flowers, leaves, bran, bark, stems, sap, rhizomes, and tubers; and based on its use, botanical pesticide plants in Suoh District can be divided into 9 types, namely fungicides, insecticides, herbicides, molluscicides, nematodes, non-toxic, growth stimulants, fish poisons, and rodenticides.