Potensi Pengembangan Budidaya Artemisia Annua L. Di Indonesia

Abstract

Potency of Artemisia annua Development in IndonesiaArtemisia as medicinal plant was proven can cure malaria disease more effective than quinine pill. Artemisia is introducted plant from sub tropical area but it can grow well in tropical area. The potency to develop Artemisia in Indonesia is big since some areas have suitable agro ecology for Artemisia's growth and the availability of delayed flowering clones which gan grow well in Indonesia. To obtain high yield and also high artemisinin content, some factors need attention in cultivating Artemisia in Indonesia: (1) selected locat-ion suitable for its growth, (2) selected plant material, and (3) manipulated agro climate environment such as prunning, application of organic and inorganic fertilizer, shading, and microbe application