IPTEK The Journal for Technology and Science
Vol 29, No 1 (2018)

Ethnobotanical Study on Tidung Tribe in Using Plants for Medicine, Spice, and Ceremony

Listiani Listiani (Borneo University Tarakan)
Fadhlan Muchlas Abrori (Borneo University Tarakan)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jan 2019

Abstract

Ethnobotany is a study that is related to plants and their use. This study is based on the reality that human kinds cannot be separated from their nature. Interestingly, different tribes has different ways in using natural resources. In in Indonesia, study ethnobotany has enriched the variety of ethnobiology study. This is because Indonesia has various tribes and each tribe has their own ways in interacting with their nature, including the way they use plants for daily life. One of tribes that has been studied is Tidung. Tidung is a tribe that inhabits the north area of Kalimantan, Indonesia. This tribe is using plants for medicine, spice, and ceremony. This study has been done by interviewing people who are Tidung tribe. The result shows that there are 20 medicinal plant species, 16 spice plant species, and eight ceremonial plant species. Mostly, the Tidung tribe use plants for medicine which means that this tribe highly depends on the nature of mainataining their health.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jts

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT

Description

IPTEK The Journal for Technology and Science (eISSN: 2088-2033; Print ISSN:0853-4098), is an academic journal on the issued related to natural science and technology. The journal initially published four issues every year, i.e. February, May, August, and November. From 2014, IPTEK the Journal for ...