INVENTARISASI TUMBUHAN PENGHASIL PEWARNA ALAMI DI KEBUN RAYA CIBODAS

Cibodas botanic garden, as ex situ conservation areas, preserves living materials of the wet mountains flora. recently, bioprospecting study for dye in this areas has not yet been done. therefor, the aim of this study was to inventory of natural dye in cibodas botanic garden. sampel were collected by exploration methods. parts of plants, kinds of color and its chemical compound were recorded based on observation, interview with nurseries and literature study. a total of 122 species that belongs to 57 families were potentially source as natural dye, 23 of them has been traditionally used as natural dye in the various places in indonesia. the plant family of fabaceae, rosaceae, symplocaceae, and myrtaceae are the most families that used as a source of dye. the color can be produce are ranging from red, purple, yellow, black, brown, green, blue, and orange. the plant organs used as a source of dye are roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruit. begonia semperflorens,berberis nepaulensis,b. fortunei, symplocosspp., liquidambar formosana, anddiospyros kaki were potentially for natural dye, as reported from other countries