Documentation and conservation of Malaysian aromatic plants - an update
2000
Soepadmo, E, Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), 52109 Kepong, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).
Malaysia, as an integral part of the Malesian phytogeographical region, is richly endowed with aromatic plants and other valuable plant resources. Published accounts by botanists indicate that there are more than 600 species of aromatic plants in Malaysia, distributed in at least 21 different families. The largest group of the Malaysian aromatic plants belong to the Annonaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Lauraceae, Meliaceae, and Zingiberaceae. Of the selected examples of 133 species of dicotyledonous aromatic plants, about 21% are endemic, 18% are non-endemic but rare, 51% are non-endemic and widespread, and only about 10% have been domesticated and cultivated in home gardens, roadsides, parks and small scale commercial plantations. In the Zingiberaceae, on the other hand, about 75% of the 308 known species are endemic, and about 25% are non-endemic and widespread in SE Asia. The successful conservation of Malaysian aromatic plants and their developmen t into viable and profitable industries have been hindered by the inadequate knowledge of the botany, phytochemistry, agronomic, extraction and processing technology, and marketing strategy of the available resources.
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