scholarly journals The ethnobotanical perspective of indigenous herbs and spices of Tabaru ethnic group in Halmahera island, Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (07) ◽  
pp. 17012-17024
Author(s):  
Fatchur Rohman ◽  
◽  
HI Al Muhdhar Mimien ◽  
M. Nasir Tamalene ◽  
WS Nadra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Zingiber Officinale ◽  
Additional Food ◽  
Food Ingredients ◽  
High Significance ◽  
Conservation Level ◽  
Ocimum Americanum ◽  
Herbs And Spices

Herbs and spices have been used for many years as an important source of food ingredients. Recently, herbs and spices have been used as the source of medicinal materials due to its rich-bioactive compounds content. However, the knowledge about the scientific background of these herbs and spices uses in the local community is based on limited data. This work aims to study the perspective of the Tabaru ethnic group toward the use of herbs and spices as an additional food source. This study was conducted between November and December, 2018 in Halmahera Island. The data and information about the use of herbs and spices were collected from 48 locals whose ages ranged between 40 and 89 years. The main occupation of respondents was farming of mainly nutmeg, clove, and coconut. The data were analyzed based on plant uses which included spices, food, and drug use. Data on plant species were analyzed using the Cultural Food Significance Index (CFSI) formula. The results showed that the Tabaru ethnic group used approximately 14 plant species as herbs and spices. According to the CFSI values,herbs and spices in very high significance group include Curcuma longaL. (value of CFSI, 460.8), Cinnamomum burmanni(Nees & T. Nees) Neeex Blume, Myristica fragrans Houtt., Curcuma domestica Valeton, and Zingiber officinale Roscoe (CFSI, 259.2). Moreover, in the high significance category, Capsicum annuum L. is listed with high CFSI score reaching 86.4. In the moderate significance category, we found about four species, namely Ocimum americanum L. and Ocimum americanum L. (CFSI, 48.6), Etlingera heliconiifolia(K. Schum.) AD Poulsen (CFSI, 24.3), Alpinia galanga(L.) Willd. (CFSI, 23,625). Finally, two species of Etlingera elatior(Jack) R.M.Sm. (CFSI, 17.82) and Alpinia eremochlamys K.Schum. (CFSI, 15.53) were in the low significance group. In conclusion, the value of CFSI has a positive correlation to the utilization and the conservation level of herbs and spices of Tabaru ethnic group in Halmahera Island.

scholarly journals Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by community in Jambur Labu Village, East Aceh, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
ELFRIDA ELFRIDA ◽  
NINTA SABRINA TARIGAN ◽  
Adi Bejo Suwardi
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Zingiber Officinale ◽  
Ethnobotanical Study ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Main Mode ◽  
Medicinal Uses ◽  
Tagetes Erecta L

Abstract. Elfrida, Tarigan NS, Suwardi AB. 2021. Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by community in Jambur Labu Village, East Aceh, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 22: 2893-2900. Jambur Labu is a village in East Aceh that is home to various ethnic groups. The community in the village has used various plant species as a traditional medicine to treat diseases and disorders. The aim of this study was to investigate the medicinal plants used by the community in the Jambur Labu Village, Birem Bayeun Sub-district, East Aceh, Indonesia. This study was based on field surveys, plant collection, and interviews with the local people. Interviews were performed with 30 informants selected using the Snowball Sampling technique. A total of 107 medicinal plant species, belonging to 87 families, were documented to be used by the local community in Jambur Labu Village. Leaves were the most used plant part (38%), followed by fruit (22%), whole plant (9%), rhizome (8%), roots (7%), flowers and bark (4% each), sap (3%), stem and tuber (2% each), and seeds (1%) and the main mode of preparations are decoction (39%). Breynia androgyna (L.) Chakrab.dan N.P.Balakr., Moringa oleifera Lam, Jatropha multifida L., Zingiber montanum (J.Koenig) Link ex A.Dietr., Zingiber officinale Roscoe., and Tagetes erecta L. had the highest UV value (0.96), indicating the high importance of such species for the community. The high informant consensus factor (ICF=0.978) was assigned to the diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (DBF) category. The results of this study can enrich the existing study of medicinal uses of plant by communities, in this context is the use by a community in Aceh.

scholarly journals Plants and pollinating bees in Maringá, State of Paraná, Brazil

2003 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 705-710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vagner de Alencar Arnaut de Toledo ◽  
Adriano Ernesto de Toledo Fritzen ◽  
Carolina Antunes Neves ◽  
Maria Claudia Colla Ruvolo-Takasusuki ◽  
Silvia Helena Sofia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Tetragonisca Angustula ◽  
Frequent Visitor ◽  
Ocimum Americanum

The present study was carried out to survey the bees as visitors to melliferous flora in the region of Maringá, state of Paraná, Brazil. A total of 331 insects were captured, and the fauna comprised 39.88% Trigona spinipes, 38.37% Apis mellifera, 8.16% Tetragonisca angustula, 3.93% Halictidae, 1.21% Megachilidae, 2.42% Anthophoridae, and 3.32% other Hymenoptera. Eleven plant species from nine families were observed. The four families most frequently visited by A. mellifera were Pontederiaceae (93.53%), Sterculiaceae and Polygoniaceae (47.22%), Apocynaceae and Apiaceae (42.86%). The families most visited by T. spinipes were Lamiaceae (64.70%), Apocynaceae (57.14%), Sterculiaceae (51.85%) and Anacardiaceae (48.39%), and the families most visited by T. angustula were (28.57%), Asteraceae (22.22%) and Labiatae (16.47%). Three species predominated in number of bee visits Dombeya wallichii (32.63%), Ocimum americanum (15.5%) and Antigonon leptopus (15.2%). T. angustula was the most frequent visitor of O. gratissimum flowers (60.87%).

scholarly journals Når arkeologi møter lokal kunnskap – etiske implikasjoner

1970 ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Elin Rose Myrvoll
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Community Or ◽  
The Past ◽  
Local And Traditional Knowledge

Archaeologists produce and communicate authorized stories concerning cultural heritage and the past. Their legitimacy is based on education, scientific methods and their connection with a research community. Their position as authorized producers of history is also emphasized by TV programmes presenting archaeologists as riddle-solving detectives. The main aim of this article is to focus on the dynamics between stories communicated by archaeologists and the stories pass- ed on and communicated by members of a local community, and to discuss these. What happens when stories based on tradition and lore meet authorized stories? The latter sometimes overwrite or erase local lore and knowledge connected to features in the landscape. Some archaeological projects have, however, involved local participants and locally based knowledge. In addition, one should be aware that local and traditional knowledge are sometimes kept and transmitted within a family, local community or ethnic group. Local knowledge is therefore not always a resource that is accessible for archaeologists.

The Rare Plants in The Alas Kedaton Tourism Forest, Tabanan, Bali

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Nyoman Wijana ◽  
I Made Oka Riawan ◽  
Sanusi Mulyadiharja
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Rare Plants ◽  
Forest Area ◽  
Rare Plant ◽  
Rare Plant Species ◽  
Illegal Mining ◽  
The Social ◽  
Rare Category

Forests are a source of foreign exchange that has been exploited on a large scale for timber. This exploitation causes a rapid reduction in forest area. Until now, the destruction of the forest environment is still happening, both by illegal logging and illegal mining. This study aims to determine the number of rare plant species in Alas Kedaton Tourism Forest, Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia; and the factors causing the rarity of these plant species. The population in this research is the plant species in Alas Kedaton Tourism Forest. Meanwhile, the social population is all people in the Alas Kedaton Tourism Forest area. The sampling method for plant species is the quadratic method was used to investigate the diversity and the number of rare plants. While for the social sampling was conducted by interviewing with purposive sampling method to the local community around the Alas Kedaton areas. Determination of endangered plant species was conducted by studying of available documents, in-depth interviewing, and seeking information from various existent sources. The collected data analyzed descriptively. The results of this study indicated there are 48 species of plants with 26 families, which are generally found in Alas Kedaton Tourism Forest. Of this number, 42 (87.5%) plant species are included in the rare category; (2) of the 42 species of rare plants in the Alas Kedaton Tourism Forest, there are 8 (19.04%) plant species that are included in the National rare category, 20 (47.62%) rare plant species in Bali, 10 ( 23.81%) rare plant species in Tabanan Regency, and 4 (9.52%) species included in the rare category at the District level (especially Marga District); and (3) factors causing the scarcity of plant species in Alas Kedaton Tourism Forest are (a) past environmental degradation, (b) reproductive problems of rare plants, (c) human intervention, (4) disturbance by animals, especially long tailed monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) and bats (Pteropus vampyrus).

Identifikasi Kearifan Lokal dalam Pemanfaatan Jenis-Jenis Tumbuhan Untuk Ketahanan Pangan Dan Obat-Obatan

MAKILA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-86
Author(s):  
Yustina Anggraini ◽  
Paulus Matius ◽  
Hastaniah Hastaniah ◽  
Rita Diana
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Symbiotic Relationship ◽  
Traditional Medicines ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Analyze Data

This research aims to inventory local wisdom in the management and utilization of plants as food and medicine by local communities. The method conducted in this study is the purposive sampling method that aims to inventory plant species, direct observation, and analyze data by calculating density and basal area. The results showed 243 individual plants, consisting of 53 types of trees from 17 families, and found 29 types of plants were used as food and medicine. The utilization of plants by local communities varies. People use plant species for various benefits, namely foodstuffs, building materials, handicrafts, and traditional medicines. Local wisdom in the local community is the knowledge that lasts for generations and has a symbiotic relationship of mutualism with the forest ecosystem at the research site.

scholarly journals Ethnobiology and Indigenous Knowledge about Medicinal Animals and Plants in the Balami Ethnic Group in Nepal

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.H. Timilsina ◽  
N.B. Singh
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Medicinal Animals ◽  
Catalytic Role

The main purpose of the study was to document the medicinal animals and plants used by the unique ethnic group; ‘Balami’, native of Okharpauwa VDC of Nuwakot district. The information was collected in the area using an integrated approach of zoological and botanical collections, group discussions, interviews and questionnaires. It enumerates an account of ethnography with the list of 65 animal species belonging to 31 orders, 46 families and 62 genera. Out of which 55 species are wild and 10 species are domesticated. The Balami utilize these animals mainly for food, medicine, companion, ceremony, agriculture etc. They use 15 species of animals for medicinal purpose among which 13 are wild and 2 are domesticated to cure 16 different types of diseases. Balami have brought altogether 185 different plant species into use. Among them 80 species are brought from the local forest, 87 species are cultivated and 18 species of the plants are purchased from the nearest market. These plant species are included under 65 families and 151 genera. They use 45 different plant species to cure 55 different diseases out of which 32 are wild, 12 are cultivated and 1 is purchased from the remote area. The present inventory will play a catalytic role for implementation of development programs in the region, recommendations of the conservation and sustainable use based on indigenous knowledge from the elder to the younger generations.Journal of Institute of Science and Technology, 2014, 19(2): 79-85

scholarly journals The determination of avidin in genetically modified maize by voltammetric techniques

2008 ◽  
Vol 53 (No. 8) ◽  
pp. 345-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Petrlová ◽  
S. Křížková ◽  
V. Šupálková ◽  
M. Masařík ◽  
V. Adam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Electrochemical Sensors ◽  
Genetically Modified ◽  
Modified Carbon Paste Electrode ◽  
Carbon Paste ◽  
Food Ingredients ◽  
Voltammetric Techniques ◽  
Helianthus Annus ◽  
Sensitive Determination

Quality assurance is a major issue in the food industry. The authenticity of food ingredients and their traceability are required by consumers and authorities. Plant species such as barley (<i>Hordeum vulgare</i>), rice (<i>Oryza sativa</i>), sunflower (<i>Helianthus annus</i>), wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i>) and maize (<i>Zea mays</i>) are very common objects of interest of genetic modification (GMO); therefore the development of specific assays for their specific detection and quantification of GMO are needed. Furthermore, the production and trade of genetically modified lines from an increasing number of plant species brings about the need for control within research, environmental risk assessment, labeling-legal, and consumers’ information purposes. Electrochemical sensors and biosensors based on modification of working electrode could be suitable tools for these purposes. Here, we report using of an avidin-modified carbon paste electrode for rapid and sensitive determination of avidin in plant extract solution and in a transgenic maize extract. The process could be used to determine avidin concentrations up to 3pM in solution and 170nM in a maize seed extract. Moreover, we applied the method to analyze different maize flours.

THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT METHODS AND SOLVENTS ON THE EXTRACTION OF POLYPHENOLS IN GINGER (Zingiber officinale

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (11-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Faez Sharif ◽  
Muhd Taha Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Activity ◽  
Extraction Method ◽  
Radical Scavenging ◽  
Zingiber Officinale ◽  
Plant Materials ◽  
Food Ingredients ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Polarity Index ◽  
Ethanol Extracts ◽  
Extracting Solvent

Food ingredients derived from plants are a rich source of polyphenols. In recent times, polyphenols have become popular for their therapeutic properties as antioxidants. 6-gingerol, the main bioactive phenolic compound in Zingiber officinale, is well known for its free radical scavenging capabilities in treating multiple ailments. The most common method for extracting polyphenols from plant materials is through the use of solvents. The extraction of polyphenols from plant matrix is largely dependent on the type of solvent used and the extraction method employed. However, due to the complexity of plant chemistry there is no obvious choice in solvent or extraction method. In this study we made use of three different solvents; acetone, ethanol, and methanol. Variations of two different methods were used.  The reflux was run for 30 minutes at 95  and maceration was done at room temperature for 8 hours. Between the different methods, maceration extracts generally showed better TPC, 6-gingerol content and antioxidant activity. Ethanol was significantly the best extracting solvent due to its higher polarity index. While the maceration ethanol extracts significantly had the highest TPC and 6-gingerol content, its antioxidant activity was not significantly different from the ethanol reflux extracts. A significantly positive correlation was determined between TPC and antioxidant activity, with reflux extracts having a better correlation than the maceration extracts. A significant positive correlation was also drawn between TPC and 6-gingerol content.

scholarly journals Syncretic Heritage of Bawakng Tradition for Salako Dayak (Bawakng as a Supreme Shrine)

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-49
Author(s):  
Albertus
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Belief System ◽  
West Kalimantan ◽  
Nation States

Salako is the ethnonym denominating the ethnic group which straddles the border of two nation-states, Sarawak, Malaysia and West Kalimantan, Indonesia. The belief system of this community including to Bawakng traditions have been syncretized through inter-mingling with Hindu’s beliefs during the Indianization of Southeast Asia. Bawakng is a mountain which is mythologized as the homeland of supreme dieties of Dayak Salako. Meanwhile, in Hindu’s belief, Himalaya is a mountain as a supreme shrine. Both of these belief systems highly considered the big highest mountains as the homeland of supreme dieties. This syncretism can be seen in Salako religious beliefs, livelihood, customs and traditions. Local community believes that Bawakng Mountain is the shrine of the supreme deities. It also represents how Salakos construe themselves based on their Bawakng cosmogony. Salako and Hinduism have a belief in multiple deities, which are assembled into a pantheon, Bawakng for Salako and Himalaya for Hindu.

scholarly journals An ethnobotanical study of wetland flora of Head Maralla Punjab Pakistan

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. e0258167
Author(s):  
Muhammad Sajjad Iqbal ◽  
Khawaja Shafique Ahmad ◽  
Muhammad Azhar Ali ◽  
Muhammad Akbar ◽  
Ansar Mehmood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Wetland Plants ◽  
Ethnobotanical Study ◽  
Use Value ◽  
Terrestrial Plants ◽  
Total Consumption ◽  
Respiratory Disorders ◽  
Azad Kashmir

Background Wetlands are biologically diverse and highly productive ecosystems that support one-third of all threatened and endangered plants of the world. Wetland plants have been studied ethnobotanically much less than terrestrial plants, including in Pakistan, thus information about the uses of local wetland plants in traditional healthcare system is scare. Head Maralla is a non-recognized wetland with diversified flora that has been focused of the current study. Methods The ethnobotanical data were collected from four sites viz., River Tavi, Upstream Chenab, River Manawarwala Tavi, and Bhalolpur through questionnaire and interviews during field trips. Quantitative indices including informant consensus factor (ICF), cultural significant indext (CSI), relative frequency of citation (RFC), and use value (UV) were used to analyze the data. Results On the whole, 119 plant species were identified belonging to 54 families, of which 87 species were dicot, 12 monocots, 11 aquatic, 5 ferns, and 4 species were bryophytes. Of these, 50% of the plant species were utilized for therapeutic purposes, followed by leaves which had more than 20% usage of total consumption. Herbs were the primary source of medicine (73 spp) followed by trees (22 spp), weeds (11 spp), shrubs (9 spp), foliose (2 spp) and thaloids (2 spp) in the area. Fic ranged from 0.66 to 0.93 for constipation and respiratory disorders with an average Fic of 0.87 reflecting a high consensus among the informants about the use of plants to treat particular ailment. Major ailments viz., urination (14%), cough (8.40%), cold (6.70%), stomach (5.90%), asthma (5.90%), skin infection (5%), constipation (5%), and diarrhea (4%) etc., were treated with local plant recipes. The highest CSI value was found for A. vesica (7.55) widely used in respiratory disorders and in digestive problems. RFC ranged from 0.92 to 0.15 with the maximum value obtained for R. communis (0.95). The use values ranged from 0.03 to 0.90 with the maximum use value for R. communis (0.90). A positive correlation was found between CSI and RFC (r = 0.29), and CSI and UV (r = 0.29). The JI values ranged from 7.14 to 0.14 indicating strong affinity with Samahani valley, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. Unique species Osmunda regalis was first time reported from Pakistan with novel uses for renal and blood purifier. Fifteen percent (15%) plants contribute as fodder species consumed by local community for livestock while almost 6.7% species were utilized for timber and fuel purposes. Conclusion The ecosystem of Head Maralla provide a complex habitat for aqauatic, terrestrial, and agriculture wetland vegetation. It is suggested that conservation efforts should be made to conserve the ethnoecological knowledge of these areas and pharmacological studies should be conducted for noval drug synthesis in future.

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