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Abstract. Dengue hemorrhagic fever could be transmitted through mosquito bites. Many plants used as natural mosquito repellent because they released volatile compounds in an odor form which make mosquito felt not comfort. The objective of this study is to analyze the mosquitoes repellency ability of 4 species of Rutaceae family plants such as kaffir lime (Citrus hystrix),Swinglea glutinosa, Afraegle paniculata, and Citrus jambhiri. Repellency test was done by plants direct exposure on laboratory scale and field scale. In laboratory, mice is used as Aedes aegypti attractants. The highest repellency plant than further subjected to field experiment. In field scale, some probandus will be interviewed after being bite by neighborhood mosquitoes. Data were analyzed by One-Way Anova Program SPSS ver.16 and Microsoft Excel. The result showed that on laboratory scale Swinglea glutinosa could repelled mosquitoes up to 10-15,55%. Afraegle paniculata could repelled mosquitoes up to 13.33-15,55%. While Citrus jambhiri could repelled mosquitoes up to 15.56-17,77% respectively. However the highest repellency was kaffir lime plant (up to 20-25,56%). Field experiment showed the presence of kaffir lime plants under Swinglea glutinosa, Ficus lyrata, and Pometia pinnata trees effectively decreased number of mosquitoes attacked up to 60%, 61%, and 66% respectively.
Keywords: Rutaceae family, mosquitoes repellency, kaffir lime
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