Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used for maintaining stamina in Madura ethnic, East Java, Indonesia

Abstract. Fathir A, Haikal M, Wahyudi D. 2021. Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used for maintaining stamina in Madura ethnic, East Java, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 22: 386-392. The use of herbal medicine that expands rapidly across the world opens a lot of opportunities for drug exploration and discovery through ethnobotanical study. Therefore, countries with high level of biological and cultural diversity like Indonesia have great opportunities to achieve this goal, and even Indonesia has its own term for a group of herbal medicine, called jamu. This research aimed to conduct ethnobotanical study of jamu used by Madura ethnic in Pamekasan District, Madura Island, Indonesia by focusing on the specific use of it for maintaining stamina. Structured interviews with purposively selected respondents of 80 knowledgeable elder women were performed to gain insights about the medicinal herb used by them. Our study found 10 recipes of jamu used by Madura ethnic for maintaining stamina. These recipes contain 19 medicinal plants belonging to 16 genera and 11 families, with the family of Zingiberaceae contributed to the largest share of species used with eight species. Turmeric (Curcuma longa) was the species with the highest use-value by the respondents and the rhizomes were the most favorable plant organ used. In conclusion, the diversity of medicinal plants used by Madura ethnic could contribute to the development of new plant-based drugs, especially those for maintaining stamina.

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Medicinal plants used by the indigenous Ati tribe in Tobias Fornier, Antique, Philippines

Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity ◽

10.13057/biodiv/d220203 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Cecilia Cordero ◽

GRECEBIO JONATHAN D. ALEJANDRO

Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plants ◽

Drug Research ◽

Care Delivery ◽

Health Care Delivery System ◽

Use Value ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Informant Consensus ◽

The Family ◽

Alternative Means ◽

Visual Problems

Abstract. Cordero CS, Alejandro GJD. 2021. Medicinal plants used by the indigenous Ati tribe in Tobias Fornier, Antique, Philippines. Biodiversitas 22: 521-538. This study documented the medicinal plants used by the indigenous Ati tribe in Sitio Pantad, Brgy. Igcalawagan, Tobias Fornier, Antique. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the tribal chieftain, council of elders, herb doctors, and other members of the tribe who have indigenous knowledge of using medicinal plants in traditional medicine. The Use Value, Informant Consensus Factor, and Fidelity Level were used to determine the plants’ importance. A total of 108 plant species distributed in 97 genera and 44 families were used by the Ati to treat 67 diseases in 12 categories. The family Fabaceae was best represented with 15 species, followed by Lamiaceae with 12 species, and Asteraceae, Euphorbiaceae, and Poaceae with 5 species each. The most frequently used part was the leaf and the most common method of preparation and administration was decoction that was taken orally. One of the most culturally important medicinal plants was Euphorbia hirta L. with the highest use value (0.59) for treating visual problems, dengue, typhoid fever, and headache. The result of this study serves as an ethnobotanical base for drug research and formulation, as well as creating the needed awareness for preserving ethnomedicine as a safe and effective alternative means in the health care delivery system.

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An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants commonly traded in Kajiado, Narok and Nairobi counties, Kenya

East African Journal of Science, Technology and Innovation ◽

10.37425/eajsti.v1i3.153 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Ann Mwaura ◽

Joseph Kamau ◽

Omwoyo Ombori

Keyword(s):

Herbal Medicine ◽

Medicinal Plants ◽

Plant Species ◽

Stem Bark ◽

Herbal Remedies ◽

Published Data ◽

Ethnobotanical Study ◽

World Population ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Care Needs

Over eighty percent of the world population depend on traditional medicine for their basic health care needs. A study was carried out in three counties in Kenya (Kajiado, Narok and Nairobi) to document the common plant species traded as medicinal or herbal remedies. Structured interviews and questionnaire were administered to herbalists with prior informed consent, who were willing to disclose information on the source, plant type and parts of the herbal medicine they were selling and ailments treated. The folk or common names were recorded and later translated to scientific names using para-taxonomists and previous published data. Majority of the herbalists interviewed were between the ages of 40-59 years and comprised of mostly women (54%). The investigations revealed that eighty-six (86) plant species were traded as medicinal plants out of which 51% were commonly traded across the three counties. The study further revealed that the most traded plant parts were stem, bark and roots which could pose a threat to conservation of the species due to complete or partial destruction of the trees during harvesting. Aloe species, Prunus africana and Osyris lanceolata were highly traded an indication of their preference by local inhabitants to treat particular ailments. The generated list of medicinal plants species will form baseline data that could be used to generate a comprehensive list of all plant species traded as herbal medicine in Kenya. The commonly traded plants can also be included in pharmacological studies which may lead to development of new and potential drugs.

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Ethnobotanical Documentation of Medicinal Plants Used by the Indigenous Panay Bukidnon in Lambunao, Iloilo, Philippines

Frontiers in Pharmacology ◽

10.3389/fphar.2021.790567 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Cecilia Salugta Cordero ◽

Ulrich Meve ◽

Grecebio Jonathan Duran Alejandro

Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plants ◽

Medicinal Plant ◽

Biological Diversity ◽

Curcuma Longa ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Informant Consensus ◽

Interior Highlands ◽

Important Index ◽

The Family ◽

External Causes

The Panay Bukidnon is a group of indigenous peoples living in the interior highlands of Panay Island in Western Visayas, Philippines. Little is known about their ethnobotanical knowledge due to limited written records, and no recent research has been conducted on the medicinal plants they used in ethnomedicine. This study aims to document the medicinal plants used by the indigenous Panay Bukidnon in Lambunao, Iloilo, Panay Island. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 75 key informants from June 2020 to September 2021 to determine the therapeutic use of medicinal plants in traditional medicine. A total of 131 medicinal plant species distributed in 121 genera and 57 families were used to address 91 diseases in 16 different uses or disease categories. The family Fabaceae was best represented with 13 species, followed by Lamiaceae with nine species and Poaceae with eight species. The leaf was the most frequently used plant part and decoction was the most preferred form of preparation. To evaluate the plant importance, use value (UV), relative frequency citation (RFC), relative important index (RI), informant consensus factor (ICF), and fidelity level (FL) were used. Curcuma longa L. had the highest UV (0.79), Artemisia vulgaris L. had the highest RFC value (0.57), and Annona muricata L. had the highest RI value (0.88). Diseases and symptoms or signs involving the respiratory system and injury, poisoning, and certain other consequences of external causes recorded the highest ICF value (0.80). Blumea balsamifera (L.) DC. and Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M. King & H. Rob were the most relevant and agreed species for the former and latter disease categories, respectively. C. odorata had the highest FL value (100%) and was the most preferred medicinal plant used for cuts and wounds. The results of this study serve as a medium for preserving cultural heritage, ethnopharmacological bases for further drug research and discovery, and preserving biological diversity.

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The diversity and ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in the southern slope of Mount Merapi, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity ◽

10.13057/biodiv/d200824 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 20 (8) ◽

Author(s):

MAIZER SAID NAHDI ◽

ARDYAN PRAMUDYA KURNIAWAN

Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plants ◽

Plant Species ◽

Local Knowledge ◽

Quantitative Methods ◽

Curcuma Longa ◽

Structured Interview ◽

Piper Betle ◽

Ethnobotanical Study ◽

Southern Slope ◽

Importance Value

Abstract. Nahdi MS, Kurniawan AP. 2019. The diversity and ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in the southern slope of Mount Merapi, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 20: 2279-2287. Medicinal plants have been widely used by local communities in Indonesia due to its effectiveness as medicine and its low cost. In addition, the scientific and technological development of medicinal plants has been developed rapidly. This research aims to conduct inventory of medicinal plants recorded in the ecosystem of the southern slope of Mount Merapi, Yogyakarta and to reveal the local knowledge on their uses and traditional healing method applied. We used a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. The data of local knowledge on medicinal plants and traditional medical practices when using them were collected through in-depth and semi-structured interview with local informants selected through purposive and snowball sampling. The results showed that the abundance of medicinal plant species at the study area was very high during the rainy season, while during the dry season, some of the plant species were found in the yard and open land. A total of 82 species from 40 families were identified as medicinal plants and used by the community through various processing and for various medical treatments. The information was inherited from previous generations through counseling and training. The most favorable way to use medicinal plants was by consuming the leaf directly. Among all identified medicinal plants, betel leaves (Piper betle L) had the highest importance value (43.6%), followed by turmeric (Curcuma longa L) (38.5%), and soursop (Annona muricata L) (33.3%). Kelor (Moringa pterygosperma, Gaertn) had the most significant usage value (0,6), followed by lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus (DC) Stapf) and ginger (Curcuma xanthorrhiza Roxb) with the same value (0.3). The medicinal plants had also co-benefits including to encourage communication as well as to building relationship among community members.

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Ethnobotanical Knowledge on Non-conventional Food and Medicinal Plants in Rio Cajari Extractivist Reserve, Amazon, Brazil

10.21203/rs.3.rs-35316/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Galdino Xavier de Paula Filho ◽

Adivair Freitas Ribeiro ◽

Alcidete Flexa Moraes ◽

Willis Freitas Penha ◽

Wardsson Lustrino Borges ◽

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Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plants ◽

Diversity Indices ◽

Production Cycle ◽

Use Value ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Urban Centers ◽

Conservation Area ◽

Eryngium Foetidum ◽

Unidentified Species ◽

Relationship Of

Abstract Background:Information on the knowledge, management and ways of using food and medicinal plants by traditional populations, family farmers and Brazilian native population in the Amazon is essential to guarantee the sovereignty of these groups. The objective of this study was to evaluate the diversity, knowledge and ways of using non-conventional food and medicinal plants in traditional communities in a conservation unit in the Brazilian Amazon.Methods:This study was conducted using semi-structured interviews applied to local respondents. Fifty-six residents were interviewed in 26 communities. The Indices of Use Value (UVI) and relative frequency of species citation (Fr) were evaluated; also, their diversity and equitability using the Shannon- Wiener (H’) Pielou (J’) indices, respectively. The species were listed according to their family, scientific name, popular names, categories of use, propagation environment, growth habit, medicinal indications, domestication status, production cycle and herbarium registration.Results:A total of 269 species of both non-conventional food and medicinal plants were identified, distributed in 84 botanical families, 198 genera, in addition to 13 unidentified species. The Arecaceae and Lamiaceae families had the highest species richness (11 and 7, respectively). Eryngium foetidum L. (Apiaceae) and Ipomoea potatoes L. (Convolvulaceae) presented the highest relative citation frequencies (19.7 and 19.3, respectively) and the highest index of use value of the species (0.94 and 0.92, respectively). The Shannon-Wiener (H’) and Pielou (J’) diversity indices were considered high (5.02 and 0.9, respectively) when compared to other ethnobotanical works carried out in Brazil and in the Amazon.Conclusions:A wide relationship of use was observed between the species under study and the population of this conservation area. In the environment in which these families are found, of geographical isolation and distance from urban centers, these species become, in many circumstances, the only food and medicinal resources, therefore, being fundamental to the sovereignty of these families.

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The Gayonese Culture of Marriage System: The Islamic Law Perspective

SAMARAH Jurnal Hukum Keluarga dan Hukum Islam ◽

10.22373/sjhk.v5i1.9257 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 108

Author(s):

Ridwan Nurdin ◽

Muhamad Yusuf ◽

Syarifah Sharah Natasya

Keyword(s):

Cultural Values ◽

Islamic Law ◽

Cultural Practices ◽

Family Resilience ◽

Cultural Value ◽

Community Leaders ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Depth Analysis ◽

The Family ◽

The World

This research explores the Gayonese culture of marriage through an analytical view of the Islamic law. There has been a shift in marriage system in the Gayonese society, in which the Juelen and the Angkap, the two formerly known systems shifted to Kuso Kini. This is an empirical research using the law historical approach to allow the author restropectively explore the construction of law and its shift from time to time. The data was gathered through an in-depth analysis of the literature and semi-structured interviews of the community leaders. The findings suggest that marriage systems are shifting and the Gayonese communities do not problematize this transformation. In fact, they are not in the position to force their children to adopt both the Juelen and the Angkap marriage system. This is so, since most communities in the present times prefer Kuso Kini marriage system to the other two. The Kuso Kini marriage system gives freedom for spouses to decide where they should stay, either with their parents or find their own living. This shift in marriage system is the result of cultural intermingled, in which some non-Gayonese migrated to the Gayonese Island and brought with them their own cultural values. The same is true to the Gayonese communities migrating to places beyond the Gayonese Island. It is therefore believed that a shift in marriage system is a must as the world today allow people across different cultural values to integrate with each other. The integration for sure gives changes to a certain cultural value. However, changes in cultural practices do not result in cultural-religious clashes. In fact, it is expected that the changes contribute to the family resilience and the marriage cultural system, the Kuso Kini, prevails.

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Medicinal Plant by Batak Toba Medicinal plants used by the Batak Toba Tribe in Peadundung Village, North Sumatra, Indonesia

Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity ◽

10.13057/biodiv/d200230 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

pp. 510-525 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

MARINA SILALAHI ◽

NISYAWATI NISYAWATI ◽

DINGSE PANDIANGAN

Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plants ◽

Curcuma Longa ◽

Zingiber Officinale ◽

Single Species ◽

Psidium Guajava ◽

Piper Betle ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Medicinal Species ◽

Eurycoma Longifolia ◽

North Sumatra

Abstract. Silalahi M, Nisyawati, Pandiangan D. 2019. Medicinal plants used by the Batak Toba Tribe in Peadundung Village, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 20: 510-525. Research of the medicinal plants by the Toba Batak ethnic has limited, even though the globalization and modernization resulted to degradation of the local knowledge. The objectives of this study were (i) documentation of medicinal plants used in the traditional therapies by the Batak Toba tribe of Peadundung Village, North Sumatra, Indonesia, and (ii) analysing the data by quantitative ethnobotanical tools such as use value (UV), cultural significance index (CSI), relative frequency of citation (RCF) and informant consensus factor (ICF) to determine the cultural importance of medicinal plants in order to develop a tool for their conservation. Semi-structured interviews with 41 identified respondents was the methodology employed for qualitative data collection. A total of 149 medicinal species of plants, belonging to 131 genera and 55 families, were recorded in the study which are used in the treatment of 21 categories of ailments. Plants with the highest UV were Eurycoma longifolia (UV=3.44), Curcuma longa (UV=2.67) and Zingiber officinale (UV=2.60). Eight species, namely Curcuma longa, Eurycoma longifolia, Allium cepa, Psidium guajava, Aleurites moluccanus, Piper betle, Citrus hystrix and Uncaria gambir were found to be having the highest RCF value of 1.00. Eurycoma longifolia (CSI=126), Curcuma longa (CSI=112) and Zingiber officinale (CSI = 105) emerged as the culturally most significant medicinal plants. Thrush and aphrodisiac use categories received the highest ICF of 1.00 each because the informants agreed of using only a single species for each of these categories. Eurycoma longifolia was used as an aphrodisiac whereas Averrhoa carambola was used against thrush. All these important and significant plants suffer the greatest harvesting pressure, hence their conservation should be given priority.

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Study of the genus Curcuma in Indonesia used as traditional herbal medicines

Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity ◽

10.13057/biodiv/d200527 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 20 (5) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

DYAH SUBOSITI ◽

SLAMET WAHYONO

Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plants ◽

Ethnic Groups ◽

Local Knowledge ◽

Relative Frequency ◽

Sampling Method ◽

Curcuma Longa ◽

Economic Value ◽

Herbal Medicines ◽

Traditional Healers ◽

Use Value

Abstract. Subositi D, Wahyono S. 2019. Study of the genus Curcuma in Indonesia used as traditional herbal medicines. Biodiversitas 20: 1356-1361. Research into local knowledge is very important in providing a database of medicinal plants and as a basis for further research. The genus Curcuma (Zingiberaceae) has been used as medicines and other purposes, so it has a high economic value. The aim of this study was to record the use of the species of the genus Curcuma as traditional herbal medicines in Indonesia. The study was a part of a project called RISTOJA (Research on Medicinal Plants and Traditional Herbal Medicines), which collected data from 415 ethnic groups in Indonesia from 2012 to 2017. A purposive sampling method was used to select 2,354 respondents (traditional healers) for interviews, 1,042 of whom used Curcuma as herbal medicines. It was found that eight species of the genus were used to treat 73 different ailments. Curcuma longa was found to have the highest relative frequency of citation (0.274) and use value (0.563), and members of the genus Curcuma were found to be extensively used to treat a wide variety of ailments in Indonesia.

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Estudo etnobotânico em quintais agroflorestais em bairro na Cidade de Cuiabá, Mato Grosso

Revista Verde de Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Sustentável ◽

10.18378/rvads.v11i5.3832 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 138

Author(s):

Carla Spiler ◽

Maria de Fatima Barbosa Coelho ◽

Vanessa Damasceno Gonçalves ◽

Ludmila Porto Piton ◽

Elisangela Clarete Camili

Keyword(s):

Family Income ◽

Household Food Security ◽

Ethnobotanical Study ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Mato Grosso ◽

Household Food ◽

The Family ◽

The City ◽

Management And Conservation ◽

Ornamental Species

Os quintais são espaços de uso, manejo e conservação de diferentes espécies vegetais contribuindo para a renda familiar e segurança alimentar das famílias. O objetivo no presente estudo foi fazer um levantamento das espécies em quintais do Bairro Jardim Florianópolis em Cuiabá, Mato Grosso. A pesquisa foi conduzida através de entrevistas semiestruturadas, associadas às técnicas de “bola de neve” e turnê-guiada. Foram registradas 58 espécies pertencentes a 52 gêneros e 27 famílias, destacando-se as famílias Arecaceae (7 spp.), Araceae (5 spp.), Liliaceae (5 spp.) Myrtaceae (4 spp.) e Rubiaceae (4 spp.). A maior parte das espécies são exóticas (75,86%). As plantas são classificadas pelos moradores em ornamentais, alimentícias e medicinais. O uso ornamental representou 62,5%, o medicinal 21,5% e o alimentício apenas 16%. As espécies ornamentais de hábito herbáceo são as mais importantes com predominância da família Arecaceae.Ethnobotanical study in agroforestry homegardens in a neighborhood in the City of Cuiabá, Mato GrossoAbstract: Homegardens are spaces for the use, management and conservation of different plant species contributing to family income and household food security. The aim of this study was to survey the species in homegardens of Jardim Florianópolis neighborhood in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso. The research was conducted through semi-structured interviews, associated with snowball and tour-guided techniques. A total of 58 species belonging to 52 genera and 27 families were recorded, including the families Arecaceae (7 spp.), Araceae (5 spp.), Liliaceae (5 spp.) Myrtaceae (4 spp.) and Rubiaceae. Most species are exotic (75.86%). The ornamental use represented 62.5%, the medicinal 21.5% and the food only 16%. The ornamental species of herbaceous habit are the most important with predominance of the family Arecaceae.

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Herbalists and their Mode of Health Care Service Delivery in Debre Markos Town, Northwest Ethiopia

Advanced Journal of Social Science ◽

10.21467/ajss.6.1.122-137 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 122-137

Author(s):

Eliyas Taha ◽

Mindaye Shimekit Woldeyohannes

Keyword(s):

Herbal Medicine ◽

Medicinal Plants ◽

Care Service ◽

Health Care Service ◽

Modern Medicine ◽

Northwest Ethiopia ◽

Primary Data ◽

Drug Preparation ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Secondary Sources

The administration of medicinal plants for treating human ailments is an age-old practice. Although several studies have been conducted, most of them focused on documentation of the medicinal plants and herbal knowledge. This study investigated why people use herbal medicine, from what conviction, and explains how the plants are collected, prepared and put to purpose. In order to get deeper information about the issue, both primary and secondary sources are consulted. Observation, semi structured interviews, and key informant interviews were used to collect the primary data.15 herbalists were used as informants to obtain information on knowledge acquisition, plant collection, drug preparation, preservation and administration. The study found that healers got the wisdom of herbal medicine from family; friends or relatives; as gift of God; and religious books. The study also uncovered that people visit herbal healers because of cost, cultural acceptability, easy accessibility, and dissatisfaction with modern medicine. Herbal healers are providing health services for a huge segment of the populations’ in spite of several challenges. Dominance of biomedicine, proliferation of quack healers, inheritance problems, absence of support from government authorities, and deforestation stand out as the major challenges for the progress and the very existence of indigenous medicine in general and herbal healers in particular.

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