ETNOBOTANI TANAMAN OBAT DI KAWASAN DATARAN TINGGI PEGUNUNGAN SERAYU DESA PANDANSARI, JAWA TENGAH

Abstract

The Serayu Mountains plateau of Pandansari village has a variety of biodiversity potentials. The potential for biodiversity can be utilized by the surrounding community and one of them is used as a medicinal plant. The long-term goal of the research is the development of potential medicinal plants from Central Java Province as an effort to improve the degree of public health. The specific target to be achieved is to know how to use medicinal plants, how to obtain medicinal plants, and the types of medicinal plants that are used by the people of Brebes Regency, Central Java Province. The methods used are exploratory surveys and the Participatory Rural Appraisal method, which is an assessment process oriented towards the involvement and active role of the community in research. Community involvement is obtained through interviews with semi-structural interview techniques that are guided by a list of questions such as the local name of the plant, partly used, benefits, how to use it, plant status (wild / cultivation), and others. Each plant used as a traditional medicinal ingredient was identified. The sample of this study is traditional medicine i.e., baby shaman, massage shaman, Data analysis using descriptive qualitative. The results showed that a total of 30 plant species were used by the people of Pandansari village as medicinal plants. The parts of the plant that are utilized are roots, stems, leaves, flowers, seeds, fruits, and rhizomes. Processing plants used as medicinal plants in general still use traditional methods.