Abstract
Pelawan padang (Tristaniopsis merguensis) plays an important role in providing daily needs including goods and services for Lom community in Bangka island. Recently, modernization has an impact on the indigenous knowledge related to plants utilization in Lom community, especially pelawan padang. The aims of the study were to analyze the roles and benefits and to determine ethnobotanical knowledge changes of Lom people on the use of pelawan padang. Data were collected through interviews using a structured questionnaire. Pebble Distribution Method (PDM) was used to analyze the quantitative data, while the qualitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistic. The result showed that pelawan padang can be used for material construction, firewood, honey production, traditional medicine and material of bagan traditional stilt houses. The degradation of indigenous knowledge of Lom people related to natural resources such as pelawan padang could be assessed according to individual factors which were; age classes and occupation. More respondents aged over 40 years showed the ability in identifying and using Pelawan padang compared to the younger (25-40 years old). According to occupational group, there was higher number of unemployed respondents and respondents working as farmers that used pelawan padang compared to respondents working as employee. No difference was found for tribal leaders and community members regarding to the knowledge of Pelawan padang benefits. This study provides the latest information about the benefits of plants from the Lom Community that can be developed through the further research, especially for the benefits pelawan padang as a drug.
Highlights
Indigenous knowledge can be defined as the knowledge systems that have been naturally developed over a long time, unique, learned, and inherited in a local community group
One of the beneficial plants species that is still used by Lom community is pelawan padang (Tristaniopsis merguensis)
Bagan are buildings just like the stilt house that were built by fisherman over the water at the sea or river as shelter or resting place when they went to the sea for catching fishes (Genisa 1998; Aliyubi et al 2015)
Summary
Indigenous knowledge can be defined as the knowledge systems that have been naturally developed over a long time, unique, learned, and inherited in a local community group. The perceptions and conceptions of local communities have been obvious and defined including how they learn to utilize natural resources in their environment (Ifandi et al 2016). Perceptions and conceptions of local community are followed by the increase of the management and utilization of natural resources to fulfill their various daily needs. Lom community is a group of people that inhabit the coastal region of Bangka island. Lom people mainly work as farmer, fisherman and labor. They depend on plant resources to support their activities. One of the beneficial plants species that is still used by Lom community is pelawan padang (Tristaniopsis merguensis)
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