Amaranth is one of the popular vegetables in the world. How many Amaranth species are in Indonesia? are all of them cultivars? how many wild species are existing in Indonesia? Unfortunately, the information about the diversity of Amaranth species in Indonesia is still limited.
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Sagittaria sagittifolia is one of the introduced vegetables in Indonesia. The species has a wide range of origin distribution. They originally did not come from tropical regions. This species natively comes from the boreal and meridional zones of Europe and Asia (Hroudová et al. 1988). But because of the cultural Read more…
There are many Indonesian underutilized vegetable plants. Mostly they are native species, but some of them are introduced from some regions. Indonesia is a rich country with natural resources. And became a meeting point for trade routes from east to west and vice versa long ago. The interaction far before and during the Dutch colonial era was one of the reasons for the process of species introduction. The process is still continuing till today.
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Gendola (Basella rubra) is one of Indonesian native species. Even though it used to be a vegetable plant, but today, Gendola become one of the forgotten vegetables in Indonesia. Nowadays, Gendola is only popular as a medicinal plant. In fact, it is very rare, people use it as a vegetable.
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Survival is the state or fact of continuing to live or exist. It can be caused by an accident, natural disaster, war, or other difficult circumstances. the length of the survival condition is full of uncertainty. A survivor must quickly get out of the survival condition safely. Of course composure, skill and readiness will increase one’s chances of survival. Food availability is one of the most important things for survival. Below is the information, one of the survival’s plant in the coastal areas.
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Indonesian indigenous vegetables referred to the plants that are commonly used as vegetables, but nowadays was unpopular anymore. There are many plants that today are simply known as grasses. But actually, the Indonesian people previously used it as vegetables. Mollugo penthapylla is on the list of vegetable plants according to the Indische Groenten book.
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