Short Communication: Aphrodisiac plants used by Dayak Ethnic in Central Kalimantan Province, Indonesia

FAUZI FAUZI (Center for Research and Development of Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicine. Jl. Raya Lawu No. 11 Tawangmangu, Karanganyar 57792, Central Java, Indonesia)
HARTO WIDODO (Center for Research and Development of Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicine. Jl. Raya Lawu No. 11 Tawangmangu, Karanganyar 57792, Central Java, Indonesia)

Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity
Vol. 20 No. 7 (2019)

Abstract. Fauzi, Widodo H. 2019. Short Communication: Aphrodisiac plants used by Dayak Ethnic in Central Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 20: 1859-1865. Sexual dysfunction in men might render psychological disorders and household harmony. The prevalence increases with age and other risk factors such as systemic diseases and psychological factors. A community with no exception certain ethnic groups uses plants to fulfill various needs, including to treat sexual disorders in men. This paper aims to explore medicinal plants that are often used for aphrodisiacs by Dayak ethnic in Central Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. The method was carried out through reviewing literature, searching for various references and analyzing data of the exploration of ethnomedicine and community-based medicinal plants in Indonesia held in 2012 and 2015. Of the 9 Dayak ethnic groups surveyed, only four ethnic groups (Bawo, Taboyan, Tomum and Siang) posses an aphrodisiac formula. The plants used by ethnic Dayaks for aphrodisiacs are Eurycoma longifolia Jack., Luvunga sarmentosa (Bl.) Kurz., Rennellia elliptica Korth., Mimosa pudica L., Lepisanthes amoena (Hassk) Leenh., Fordia splendidissima (Miq.) Buijsen., Imperata cylindrica (L.) Raeusch., Ficus deltoidea Jack., Koilodepas bantamense Hassk., Eusideroxylon zwageri Teijsm. & Binn., Gnetum sp., Caryota sp. and Calamus sp.