Abstract
Indonesia is one of the largest mega biodiversity countries in the world that is rich in biological resources. Plants can be an alternative in treating diseases by Indonesian people such as around the Sesaot Forest, the Buwun Sejati Village. This study aimed to determine the types of plants in Sesaot Forest which were used as medicine by the people of Buwun Sejati Village, Narmada District, West Lombok Regency. This research was conducted by interview method and field survey. Data analysis was carried out descriptively. Based on the research, there were 87 species included in 42 families used as medicine by the community of Buwun Sejati Village. The Zingiberaceae family was a plant family that was most widely used as a traditional medicine ingredient. There were 30 types of diseases treated using Sesaot Forest plants by the community of Buwun Sejati Village. Leaves were of the most common part of plant used as raw material for traditional medicine by the people of Buwun Sejati Village, Narmada District, West Lombok Regency. The advantages of traditional medicines include its widespread accessibility and relative low prices. Therefore, this data obtained from this study is necessary to inventory the kind of medicinal plants and their utilization by the community, so that, the traditional knowledge of the medicinal plants can be documented and preserved.
Highlights
Indonesia is one of the largest mega biodiversity countries in the world that is rich in biological resources (Putra et al, 2012)
This study aimed to find out the types of plants in Sesaot Forest which are used as medicine by the people of Buwun Sejati Village
The Zingiberaceae family was a plant family that was most used as a traditional medicine ingredients by the community of Buwun Sejati Village by 11.50% that consist of 10 species of plants out of 87 species
Summary
Indonesia is one of the largest mega biodiversity countries in the world that is rich in biological resources (Putra et al, 2012). Indonesian society have long been familiar with the use of plants as medicine in tackling the health problems especially in rural communities. The local people of the rural areas have good knowledge about the uses of plants and they prefer medicinal plants due to their abundant availability and their lower prices than modern pharmaceuticals. Data from Basic Medical Research (Riskesdas) on 2013 showed that 35.2 % of Indonesian society still retain and use traditional medicine for medication (Shanthi et al, 2014)
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