Biodiversity and Medicinal Potential of Local Fruit Plants in Duwet Hamlet, East Java,Indonesia

Plant inventory is a form of basic research that supports environmentalconservation and the use of biological resources. Indonesian local fruitplants are high diversity, but their use as medicinal plants is still relativelylimited. In Karanggupito Village, specifically in Duwet Hamlet, Ngawi, thecommunity uses their yards to cultivate various plants The purpose of thisstudy was to identify local fruit plants with potential as medicinal plants andto analyze their potential that has not been optimally utilized. This studyused a qualitative descriptive method consisting of three stages, namelyidentification, interviews, and literature review. Based on observations, 15plant species were found growning in yards, including 12 fruit plants. Themost commonly cultivated fruit plant was durian. The interviews revealedthat only five species were regularly used as medicine. Among the localfruit plants, many had pharmacological potential, such as antioxidant,antibacterial, and anticancer activities. However, their use by the communitywas still limited, both in fresh and processed forms