Traditional knowledge of medicinal plants for health of women in Cibodas Village Lembang Subdistrict West Bandung Regency and their potency to development of biodiversity education

Abstract

This qualitative study aims to explore the traditional knowledge information about the plants used for health of women, the folk classification and the conservation of medicinal plants which do villagers in the Cibodas Lembang West Bandung Regency, West Java Province. The research subjects involved consisted of 66 villagers residing in Cibodas Village. The results show that there are 113 species of medicinal plants used for health of women in this village in various ways of preparation and mode of use. There are about 98 kinds of diseases that generally assisted be made well with medicinal plants. Folk classification of medicinal plants is a horizontal classification with artificial and natural systems. Conservation efforts by society in the form of planting certain medicinal plants along the placenta and planting in the yard and garden. The response of community is very good. They perhaps that diversity of medicinal plant and its conservation can be included to school curriculum as part of biodiversity education.