Potensi Tumbuhan Pangan dan Pewarna di Distrik Tanah Miring dan Jagebob, Kabupaten Merauke, Provinsi Papua Selatan

Abstract

Tanah Miring and Jagebob Districts are two districts in Merauke Regency, South Papua Province, and are two areas with quite high biodiversity. The utilization of food and dye plants in Tanah Miring and Jagebob Districts is still undocumented and data related to plant utilization by the community is still very limited. In this case, research activities on the potential of food and dye plants in Tanah Miring and Jagebob Districts are urgently needed. This study aims to identify the potential of food and dye plants in Tanah Miring and Jagebob Districts, Meraukei Regency, South Papua Province. Based on the results of the study, it shows that the richness of food and dye plant species in Tanah Miring and Jagebob Districts is 63 species that can be grouped into 35 families, with details of food plants as many as 56 species and 33 families, while dye plants as many as 9 species and 8 families. Judging from its uses, food plants in Tanah Miring and Jagebob Districts can be divided into 9 types, namely food ingredients, ingredients for making snacks/drinks, ingredients for making pickles/sweets/rujak, ingredients for making sugar, ingredients for making coconut milk/coconut oil, fruits, vegetables, fresh vegetables, and food flavorings. Parts of dye plants used by the people in Tanah Miring and Jagebob Districts consist of leaves, bark, sap, flowers, fruit, seeds and tubers; judging from its uses, dye plants in Tanah Miring and Jagebob Districts can be divided into 5 types, namely natural dyes for textiles, fabrics or yarns, dyes for weaving and crafts, dyes for cosmetics, soaps and skin care products, food and drink colorings, and ingredients for mixing traditional writing ink; and based on the type of color they produce, food plants in Tanah Miring and Jagebob Districts can be divided into 7 types, namely red, blue, dark green, brown, brown to reddish black, purple/dark purple, and golden yellow.