International Journal of Science and Environment
Vol. 6 No. 2 (2026): May 2026

A Web-Based Convolutional Neural Network System for Indonesian Herbal Plant Identification Supporting Biodiversity Conservation

Alphin Stephanus (Electrical Engineering Department, Politeknik Negeri Ambon, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia)
Syukri Gazali Suatkab (Electrical Engineering Department, Politeknik Negeri Ambon, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia)
Elisabeth Tansiana Mbitu (Electrical Engineering Department, Politeknik Negeri Ambon, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia)
Thenny Daus Salamoni (Electrical Engineering Department, Politeknik Negeri Ambon, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia)
Farhan Syamsu (Electrical Engineering Department, Politeknik Negeri Ambon, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
09 Jul 2026

Abstract

Indonesia is one of the world's megabiodiversity countries, possessing a rich diversity of herbal plants that play an important role in traditional medicine and biodiversity conservation. However, the identification of herbal plant species remains challenging for the public due to similarities in leaf morphology, increasing the risk of misidentification and inappropriate utilization. This study aims to develop a web-based identification system for Indonesian herbal plants using a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) to facilitate accurate and accessible species recognition. The system employs the MobileNetV2 architecture to classify herbal plants based on leaf images and provides an interactive web interface for users. Experimental results showed that the proposed model achieved a training accuracy of 96.30% and a validation accuracy of 95.75%. Performance evaluation using 50 independent leaf images yielded an identification accuracy of 89.24%, with 47 images correctly classified. These findings indicate that the proposed system is capable of supporting reliable herbal plant identification and can serve as a can serve as a practical digital tool for supporting biodiversity monitoring, medicinal plant documentation, public education, and the sustainable utilization of Indonesia's medicinal plant resources.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJSE

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Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Chemical Engineering, Chemistry & Bioengineering Chemistry Mathematics Physics

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International Journal of Science and Environment (IJSE) is to provide a research medium and an important reference for the advancement and dissemination of research results that support high-level research in the fields of Science and Environment . Original theoretical work and application-based ...