Abstract
The Ethnobotanical Study and Phytochemical Screening of Medicinal Plants have been conducted on Karonese people from North Sumatra, Indonesia. The objective of this study was to explore and explain the relationship between anthropology and biology aspect throught ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants using interview and participation observation method. Result showed that Karonese people had wide knowledge and close relationship with their plant resources especially medicinal plants. There were 181 species of medicinal plants in study area indicating that Karonese people had wide knowledge of using medicinal plants. Phytochemical screening showed that Bischofia javanica (cingkam) and Curcuma domestica (kaciwer) had secondary metabolite of alkaloids, terpenoids, flavonoids and saponins.
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