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- Title
Use of Capsicum Peppers in the Karimunjawa Islands, Central Java, Indonesia.
- Authors
YAMAMOTO SOTA; TUTIE, DJARWANINGSIH; HARRY, WIRIADINATA
- Abstract
We conducted a field survey of Capsicum peppers in the Karimunjawa Islands, Central Java, Indonesia, to investigate the local nomenclature for, and distribution and usage of, Capsicum peppers. There were two species in the Karimunjawa Islands: C. annuum and C. frutescens. The general name for Capsicum peppers is lombok for Javanese, ladang, cabe, or cabe-cabe for Buginese, and cabih for Madurese. Fresh and dried fruit and fruit soaked in sweet soy sauce are used as spices and condiments. Some people use Capsicum leaves as a vegetable. Medicinally, leaves are applied to boils and roots are used to treat stomach-ache. The fruit are used as offerings in Javanese rituals and to stop rain. It is also widely believed that women should not eat any (or too many) fruit while pregnant or breastfeeding.
- Subjects
JAWA Tengah (Indonesia); TABASCO pepper; ETHNOBOTANY; BREASTFEEDING; RITES &; ceremonies
- Publication
South Pacific Studies, 2021, Vol 42, Issue 1/2, p19
- ISSN
0916-0752
- Publication type
Article