Abstract

Research on ethnobotany study of Dayak society had been conducted in Uut Murung District, Murung Raya Regency, Central Kalimantan.Data was directly collected at the site by roaming method, semi structural interview and open ended of the selected interviewees. Medicinal plants species which are potential and utilized by the society for daily life were recorded and sampled for herbarium specimen. Collection number, location elevation, plant local name and its utilization were recorded for each sample. The results showed that not less than 104 species from 98 generasand58 families. Most of the families wereRubiaceae (11 species), Fabaceae (9 species), Euphorbiaceae (7 species), Moraceae (6 species), Zingiberaceae (4 species), Acanthaceae, Apocynaceae, Thelypteridaceae, Rutaceae, Phyllanthaceae, respectively 3 species, and other families were one species, respectively. Based on the stature, they consisted of trees(30.16 %), shrubs (25.96 %), herbs (18.26 %), climber (13.46 %), Fern (5.77 %), grass (3.85%), and epiphyte(0.96%). Ethnobotany study of plant utilization is expressed in the manuscript.

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