Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity
Vol. 22 No. 4 (2021)

The ethnobotany of Ngusaba ceremonial plant utilization by Tenganan Pegringsingan community in Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia

DEWA AYU SRI RATNANI (Program of Biology Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar. Jl. Kamboja No. 11A, Denpasar 80233, Bali, Indonesia)
I Ketut Junitha (Program of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Udayana. Jl. Raya Kampus Unud No. 9, Jimbaran, Badung 80361, Bali, Indonesia)
Eniek Kriswiyanti (Program of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Udayana. Jl. Raya Kampus Unud No. 9, Jimbaran, Badung 80361, Bali, Indonesia)
I Nyoman Dhana (Program of Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Udayana. Jl. Nias No. 13, Sanglah, Denpasar 80114, Bali, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
02 Apr 2021

Abstract

Abstract. Ratnani DA, Junitha IK, Kriswiyanti E, Dhana IN. 2021. The ethnobotany of Ngusaba ceremonial plant utilization by Tenganan Pegringsingan community in Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 22: 2078-2087. Tenganan Pegringsingan is an ancient village in Bali, Indonesia, which often performs several ceremonies with high intensity. One of them is the Ngusaba ceremony, where many plants are utilized both in species and quantity. Hence, this study aimed to identify the species, family, local names, sources, and parts of plants, used for Ngusaba ceremonies by the Tenganan Pegringsingan community including the Index of Cultural Significance (ICS). Data analysis was qualitative and quantitative. Furthermore, the qualitative method was used to obtain data on the plants’ local names, while snowball sampling was applied to select key informants through in-depth interviews and moderate participation. The results showed that the 130 species distributed in 56 families mostly belonging to the purchased source (34.61%). The Poaceae is the largest family, while the most widely used part of the plant is the leaf. Based on the ICS analysis results, a range of 2-114 values was obtained. The highest value is Base (Piper betle L.) and kangkung (Ipomoea batatas L.) as lowest.

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biodiv

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Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology

Description

The Biodiversitas Journal was first published in 2000 by the Department of Biology, FMNS, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia, then in 2006 it was co-published by the Society for Indonesian Biodiversity and that department; since 2017 it was also hosted by Smujo. From 2003-2012 it was ...