Diversity of Indonesian Medicinal Plant in The lowland Forest, Bodogol and Its Surrounding of Mount Gede-Pangrango National Park, West Java

Abstract

Ethnobotanical research of medicinal plant was carried out in the lowland forest at Bodogol, Mount Gede Pangrango National Park, West Java. The study site is inhabited by the Sundanese community in several villages of surrounding National Park. The used methods of research were ethno–directed sampling, open–ended interviews with the local community, and a ‘walk in the woods’ in four permanent forest plots. A total of 93 medicinal plants were recorded in the Bodogol lowland forest and its surroundings, belonging to 78 genera and 50 families. Those species are used for treatment of 32 different diseases. The species is most frequently used for post-pregnancy. Three of the recorded species namely Alstonia scholaris, Cinnamomum sintoc, and Fibraurea tinctoria are endangered plants. The community rarely collects medicinal plants from the forest; they prefer to collect from around the village or from cultivated plants.