Identification of medicinal plants
in Wehea
Protected Forest of East Kutai
Nanang Sasmita, Rahmadi and Arbain
Identification of medicinal plants research in Wehea
Protected Forest of East Kutai Regency aims to obtain information on the types
and use of medicinal plants by local communities in Wehea Protected Forest. The research
method is exploration and interviews conducted by searching the scientific name
and the local name (Dayak of Wehea). Based on interviews and
identification obtained 15 types of traditional medicinal plants that can cure
26 kinds of diseases. Parts of the plant that used for traditional medicine is
medicinal products are processed traditionally by prescription or local beliefs
and practices whether it is supernatural or traditional knowledge. The
materials used in traditional medicine process is roots, fruits, leaves,
shoots, seeds and rhizomes. Wehea Dayak
people have traditional knowledge based on life experiences about the use, the
management and the herbs utilization that can be utilized as a traditional
medicine. The medicinal plants utilization is passed on orally from generation
to generation of ancestors (ancestors). In order the knowledge about the
medicinal plant utilization owned by Wehea forests dayak not extinct, it can be inherited, so it need scientifically a deepen
researched, it is necessary to documenting as well as further research on the
content that contained in medicinal plants of the community that’s commonly
used, as well as the cultivation way, because some plant species is rarely
found in the surrounding of the Wehea Protected Forest area.
Keywords : Identification,
Medicinal Plants, Wehea
