An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the Tengger tribe in Ngadisari village, Indonesia.

The people of Tengger, Indonesia have used plants as traditional medicine for a long time. However, this local knowledge has not been well documented until recently. Our study aims to understand the utilization of plants in traditional medicine by the people of Tengger, who inhabit the Ngadisari vil...

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Main Authors: Nurul Jadid, Erwin Kurniawan, Chusnul Eka Safitri Himayani, Andriyani, Indah Prasetyowati, Kristanti Indah Purwani, Wirdhatul Muslihatin, Dewi Hidayati, Indah Trisnawati Dwi Tjahjaningrum
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235886
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spelling doaj-2b9a2d6569f3423f881f5f8cbc88ca632021-03-03T21:56:13ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032020-01-01157e023588610.1371/journal.pone.0235886An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the Tengger tribe in Ngadisari village, Indonesia.Nurul JadidErwin KurniawanChusnul Eka Safitri HimayaniAndriyaniIndah PrasetyowatiKristanti Indah PurwaniWirdhatul MuslihatinDewi HidayatiIndah Trisnawati Dwi TjahjaningrumThe people of Tengger, Indonesia have used plants as traditional medicine for a long time. However, this local knowledge has not been well documented until recently. Our study aims to understand the utilization of plants in traditional medicine by the people of Tengger, who inhabit the Ngadisari village, Sukapura District, Probolinggo Regency, Indonesia. We conducted semi-structured and structured interviews with a total of 52 informants that represented 10% of the total family units in the village. The parameters observed in this study include species use value (SUV), family use value (FUV), plant part use (PPU), and the relative frequency of citation that was calculated based on fidelity level (FL). We successfully identified 30 species belonging to 28 genera and 20 families that have been used as a traditional medicine to treat 20 diseases. We clustered all the diseases into seven distinct categories. Among the recorded plant families, Poaceae and Zingiberaceae were the most abundant. Plant species within those families were used to treat internal medical diseases, respiratory-nose, ear, oral/dental, and throat problems. The plant species with the highest SUV was Foeniculum vulgare Mill. (1.01), whereas the Aloaceae family (0.86) had the highest FUV. Acorus calamus L. (80%) had the highest FL percentage. The leaves were identified as the most used plant part and decoction was the dominant mode of a medicinal preparation. Out of the plants and their uses documented in our study, 26.7% of the medicinal plants and 71.8% of the uses were novel. In conclusion, the diversity of medicinal plant uses in the Ngadisari village could contribute to the development of new plant-based drugs and improve the collective revenue of the local society.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235886
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author Nurul Jadid
Erwin Kurniawan
Chusnul Eka Safitri Himayani
Andriyani
Indah Prasetyowati
Kristanti Indah Purwani
Wirdhatul Muslihatin
Dewi Hidayati
Indah Trisnawati Dwi Tjahjaningrum
spellingShingle Nurul Jadid
Erwin Kurniawan
Chusnul Eka Safitri Himayani
Andriyani
Indah Prasetyowati
Kristanti Indah Purwani
Wirdhatul Muslihatin
Dewi Hidayati
Indah Trisnawati Dwi Tjahjaningrum
An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the Tengger tribe in Ngadisari village, Indonesia.
PLoS ONE
author_facet Nurul Jadid
Erwin Kurniawan
Chusnul Eka Safitri Himayani
Andriyani
Indah Prasetyowati
Kristanti Indah Purwani
Wirdhatul Muslihatin
Dewi Hidayati
Indah Trisnawati Dwi Tjahjaningrum
author_sort Nurul Jadid
title An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the Tengger tribe in Ngadisari village, Indonesia.
title_short An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the Tengger tribe in Ngadisari village, Indonesia.
title_full An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the Tengger tribe in Ngadisari village, Indonesia.
title_fullStr An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the Tengger tribe in Ngadisari village, Indonesia.
title_full_unstemmed An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the Tengger tribe in Ngadisari village, Indonesia.
title_sort ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the tengger tribe in ngadisari village, indonesia.
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
series PLoS ONE
issn 1932-6203
publishDate 2020-01-01
description The people of Tengger, Indonesia have used plants as traditional medicine for a long time. However, this local knowledge has not been well documented until recently. Our study aims to understand the utilization of plants in traditional medicine by the people of Tengger, who inhabit the Ngadisari village, Sukapura District, Probolinggo Regency, Indonesia. We conducted semi-structured and structured interviews with a total of 52 informants that represented 10% of the total family units in the village. The parameters observed in this study include species use value (SUV), family use value (FUV), plant part use (PPU), and the relative frequency of citation that was calculated based on fidelity level (FL). We successfully identified 30 species belonging to 28 genera and 20 families that have been used as a traditional medicine to treat 20 diseases. We clustered all the diseases into seven distinct categories. Among the recorded plant families, Poaceae and Zingiberaceae were the most abundant. Plant species within those families were used to treat internal medical diseases, respiratory-nose, ear, oral/dental, and throat problems. The plant species with the highest SUV was Foeniculum vulgare Mill. (1.01), whereas the Aloaceae family (0.86) had the highest FUV. Acorus calamus L. (80%) had the highest FL percentage. The leaves were identified as the most used plant part and decoction was the dominant mode of a medicinal preparation. Out of the plants and their uses documented in our study, 26.7% of the medicinal plants and 71.8% of the uses were novel. In conclusion, the diversity of medicinal plant uses in the Ngadisari village could contribute to the development of new plant-based drugs and improve the collective revenue of the local society.
url https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235886
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