Ethnobotany of medicinal plants used by Sundanese Ethnic in Nyangkewok Hamlet, Kalaparea Village,Sukabumi District, Indonesia
Ken Dara Cita (a*)

(a) Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Nusa Bangsa

Abstract

The utilization of medicinal plants based on local knowledge by indigenous people in Nyangkewok Hamlet has been used to cure illness and prevention. This study aimed at making an inventory of medicinal plant by local people in Nyangkewok Hamlet to cure and prevent various disease. The research was conducted in February-May 2020, and the methods were divided into qualitative and qualitative methods. The data collection techniques were field observations and in-depth interviews. The results showed that there were 103 species in 42 families of medicinal plants utilized by indigenous people in Nyangkewok hamlet with the dominant family type, Zingiberaceae, and the most used part of medicinal plant is leaves. Fever and Influenza were the most diseases in Nyangkewok Hamlet.

Keywords: Ethnobotany-medicinal plants-traditional knowldege-sundanese ethnic

Topic: AGRO FORESTRY AND BIODIVERSITY