Journal of Tropical Ethnobiology
The journal publishes critical reviews, original research papers, short communications, notes and comments covering all aspects of ethnobiology. Journal of Tropical Ethnobiology readership is as wide and diverse as ethnobiology itself, with readers spanning from both the natural and social sciences. Not surprisingly, a glance at the papers published in the Journal reveals the depth and breadth of topics, extending from studies in archaeology and the origins of agriculture, to folk classification systems, to food composition, plants, birds, mammals, fungi and everything in between. Research areas published in Journal of Tropical Ethnobiology include but are not limited to neo- and paleo-ethnobiology, zooarchaeology, ethnobotany, ethnozoology, ethnopharmacology, ethnoecology, linguistic ethnobiology, human paleoecology, and many other related fields of study within anthropology and biology, such as taxonomy, conservation biology, ethnography, political ecology, and cognitive and cultural anthropology. Journal of Tropical Ethnobiology does not limit itself to a single perspective, approach or discipline, but seeks to represent the full spectrum and wide diversity of the field of ethnobiology, including cognitive, symbolic, linguistic, ecological, and economic aspects of human interactions with our living world. Articles that significantly advance ethnobiological theory and/or methodology are particularly welcome, as well as studies bridging across disciplines and knowledge systems. Journal of Tropical Ethnobiology does not publish uncontextualized data such as species lists; appropriate submissions must elaborate on the ethnobiological context of findings.
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<![CDATA[Studi Etnobotani User-User (Semnostachya nigrescens Bremek) dari Ketambe, Aceh Tenggara: Skrining Fitokimia dan Aktivitas Antibakteri ]]>
<![CDATA[Emma Sri Kuncari]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of Tropical Ethnobiology 2021: Prosiding Seminar Nasional PMEI V 2020 ]]>
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<![CDATA[User-User (Semnostachya nigrescens Bremek) is a member of the Acanthaceae tribe. This plant by the Ketambe society believed empirically contain bioactive compounds which is efficacious to treat wounds caused by scorpion bites (Scorpiones). Therefore, then phytochemical screening was carried out using the Cuilei method and antibacterial activity by agar diffusion method. The results showed that user-user contains several chemical compounds such as alkaloids, saponins, tannins, phenolic, flavonoids, steroids and glycosides. The antibacterial activity test showed that user-user methanol extract did not have antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli at concentrations of 500, 1000 and 1500 ppm.]]>
<![CDATA[Kajian Etnobotani Pengetahuan dan Pemanfaatan Sumber Daya Tumbuhan Masyarakat Dayak Taboyan, Kecamatan Gunung Purei, Kabupaten Barito Utara, Kalimantan Tengah ]]>
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<![CDATA[Marwan Setiawan]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of Tropical Ethnobiology 2021: Prosiding Seminar Nasional PMEI V 2020 ]]>
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<![CDATA[This study aims to reveal the use of plants and the knowledge of the Taboyan Dayak community in Gunung Purei District, North Barito Regency on their environment. The methodology used is ethnoscience, meaning that the implementation of this method includes two aspects: 1. Inventory of all types of plants used, including local names, identification of scientific names and their uses; 2. Studying the interactions between people and the environment in which they live, meaning that we study the biological and social aspects. Data collection was conducted by interviewing selected resource persons with the Head of Customary Affairs, Customary Heads, community leaders, District Offices, and people who understand about nature and the environment. The results show that the Taboyan Dayak community has a very close relationship with nature and the environment, which is reflected in various knowledge about the use of plant resources in daily life. There were 79 types of plants used by the community, the uses were categorized as vegetables (25 species), fruits (22 species), food ingredients (14 species), ritual materials (12 species, and medicinal ingredients (9 species). The natural environment is reflected in the protected forest area of Mount Lumut which is sacred because it is the place where the spirits of the Hindu Kaharingan religion who have died stop before going to heaven or meeting Ranying Hattalata.]]>
<![CDATA[Keanekaragam Piper spp (Piperaceae) di Hutan Taman Wisata Alam Situ Gunung Taman Nasional Gunung Gede Pangrango, Sukabumi ]]>
<![CDATA[Inggit Puji Astuti]]>;
<![CDATA[Esti Munawaroh]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of Tropical Ethnobiology 2021: Prosiding Seminar Nasional PMEI V 2020 ]]>
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<![CDATA[The Situ Gunung Natural Park forest, Mount Gede Pangaro National Park, Sukabumi is located in Cisaat Village, Kadudampit District, Sukabumi, which is about 16 km from the city of Sukabumi. As a natural tourism area, the forest condition is still quite good with the vegetation that makes up the forest is dominated by Schima walichii, Altingia Excelsa and Castanopsis argantea. The plants that make up the forest floor are also quite varied, including those from the Araceae, Melatomataceae family and the Piperaceae family. From the results of the Piper diversity study, there were 8 types of pipers found, namely the Piper abbreviatum Opiz; Piper arcuatum Blume; Piper baccatum Blume; Piper betle L.; Piper flavomarginatum Blume; Piper lowong Blume ; Piper miniatum Bl. dan Piper sulcatum Blume. The discovery of P.flavomarginatum in this area had never been reported before and it was the second discovery after the discovery of this type in the protected forest of Mount Slamet, Central Java for the Java region. The types that had been used by the public were P.betle for traditional medicine and modern medicine which were processed as industrial products with sufficient economic value. Although the other seven types of piper that were discovered have not been utilized by the community, this germplasm is very important to be an educational material about natural wealth that needs to be explored for its potential.]]>
<![CDATA[Recommendation for Standardization of Botanical Nomenclature in Traditional and Complementary Medicinal Systems ]]>
<![CDATA[Vinay M. Raole]]>;
<![CDATA[Vaidehi V. Raole]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of Tropical Ethnobiology Vol. 5 No. 1 (2022): January 2022 ]]>
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DOI: 10.46359/jte.v5i1.102
<![CDATA[Plant Nomenclature is an essential requirement for publications in drug discovery and in pharmacological investigations in modern and traditional medical systems. Mostly names of plants can be presented by pharmaceutical names or scientific binomial names. In this paper, good and bad aspects of both systems are discussed in the context of the recent scientific nomenclatural framework and the systems for its practical applicability. WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring and is responsible for the WHO Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) database that currently contains 3.6 million records. Numerous plant species are used in various formulations of TCM but we are not sure which particular plant species is used as a whole plant or plant part is used for example Aloe and Piper. In order to monitor pharmacovigilance to herbal medicine products the following nomenclatural criteria are important: (i) only one species of plant name should indicate; (ii) author citation is essential; (iii) it should indicate which of plant part is used. Scientific botanical nomenclature as defined by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature will a better option. We are of the belief that the adoption of scientific names of plants to denote plant ingredients in traditional formulations are strongly endorsed. This decision if adopted will satisfies all criteria set up by upgrading an old inconsistent system used in publications and formulations will become obsolete.]]>
<![CDATA[Ethnobotany of Bedaka: Face Brightening Concoction from Sahu Tribe, West Halmahera, Indonesia ]]>
<![CDATA[Anisatu Z. Wakhidah]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of Tropical Ethnobiology Vol. 5 No. 1 (2022): January 2022 ]]>
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DOI: 10.46359/jte.v5i1.103
<![CDATA[Sahu tribe at Lako Akediri village has a beauty treatment herbs concoction called bedaka that made from various plants species. Since the knowledge of making the herb is passed down by oral, it cannot be documented the whole local knowledge. Therefore, an investigation on ethnobotany of bedaka herb at Sub District Sahu, West Halmahera has been conducted. The aims of study are to inventory plant species tha used in bedaka herb; to elaborate the function of bedaka based on chemical content of used plants; and to describe conservation behaviour of community towards the used plants. Ethnobotanical data was collected by using participant observation and semi-structure interviews. The result showed that 22 species of plants from 19 families used in bedaka herbs. The most often used part is leaf (11 species) The using way of plant was by mixing the collisions of whole material, made it to sphere, and dried. The utilization of this concoction by diluted it with water. The functions of bedaka herbs are to prevent sunburn, to brighten and to soften skin face. The major resource of used plant is derived from cultivation (55%). It shows that conservation behaviour of community towards used plants has been highly enough applied. This study can be used as a reference in the development of natural-based facial beauty care products, such as skin care packages or face masks.]]>
<![CDATA[Antidesma bunius (L.) Spreng. (Foodstuffs and Its Bioactivity) ]]>
<![CDATA[Marina Silalahi]]>;
<![CDATA[Endang C. Purba]]>;
<![CDATA[I. G. A. Rai Sawitri]]>;
<![CDATA[Riska S. Wahyuningtyas]]>;
<![CDATA[Novika Sitepu]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of Tropical Ethnobiology Vol. 5 No. 1 (2022): January 2022 ]]>
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DOI: 10.46359/jte.v5i1.104
<![CDATA[Antidesma bunius has been long used as food and traditional medicine by vary local communities in Indonesian. This study aims to explain the potential of A. bunius as a food ingredient and its bioactivity. The method used is survey and library research published online at Google Scholar by using keywords such as A. bunius, bioactivities of A. bunius and uses of A. bunius. Antidema bunius is an indigenous plant of Indonesia and has been cultivated in the yard as a shade and source of fruit. The local people in West Java have been used the A. bunius fruits for rujak ingredient which called as rujak buni. As a food ingredient, A. bunius fruit is used as an ingredient for salads and has been processed to be syrup, jelly, sauce and wine. The bioactivity of A. bunius is as an antioxidant, anti-bacterial, anti-cancer, anti-diabetic mellitus, anti-inflammatory and anti-cholesterol. The fruits of A. bunius has potential to be developed as a nutraceutical, especially as an anti-cancer and antioxidant-rich food]]>
<![CDATA[Ethnozoology in Traditional Marriage Ceremony of Mandailing Tribe in North Sumatra ]]>
<![CDATA[Jamilah Nasution]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of Tropical Ethnobiology Vol. 5 No. 1 (2022): January 2022 ]]>
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DOI: 10.46359/jte.v5i1.105
<![CDATA[Ethnozoological studies can make an important contribution in the introduction of animal natural resources, especially the use of animals based on local wisdom in the traditional marriage ceremony of the Mandailing tribe in North Sumatra. The Mandailing tribe is one of the tribes that has a uniqueness in traditional marriage ceremonies. Mandailing customs, both in everyday life and in certain traditional ceremonies, are still used by the Mandailing people based on dalihan na tolu. The traditional Mandailing wedding procession begins with a markobar event, an event to bring the bride and groom to the building's highway, awarding titles, and upa-upa. In the ceremony, there are five types of animals used, namely (Bubalus bubalis), Goat (Capra aegagrus hircus), Chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus), Goldfish (Cyprinus carpio), and Shrimp (Caridea). The five types of animals have their own meaning.]]>
<![CDATA[Quantitative Evaluation of Ethnobotanicals from Dang District, South Gujarat ]]>
<![CDATA[Kavi Oza]]>;
<![CDATA[Ankita Thorat]]>;
<![CDATA[Sandhya K. Garge]]>;
<![CDATA[Vinay M. Raole]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of Tropical Ethnobiology Vol. 5 No. 1 (2022): January 2022 ]]>
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DOI: 10.46359/jte.v5i1.106
<![CDATA[In the present communication we are trying to report the socio-cultural valuation of the available Phyto-resources from the Dang district, South Gujarat. Quantitative techniques have been used in ethnobotany to compare the uses and the cultural importance of different plant taxa. Researchers have developed several indices to estimate the significance of plant species for humans. We used interview and observational data concerning plants traditionally used by tribal people of south Gujarat. Individual data ‘event’ is collected and segregated in pre-defined use categories. It was then processed separately. Different indices such as User report (UR), Frequency of citation (FC), Number of uses (NU), Cultural importance index (CI), Relative frequency of citation (RFC), and Relative importance index (RI) were calculated. We found a low correlation between the practical and the cultural values of species: some species rarely used were frequently mentioned in interviews, whereas some species frequently used were rarely mentioned in interviews. Indices of cultural and practical value measure different dimensions of the importance of plant species to society. From the present study we found that Moringa oleifera is the most used plant species in the study area.]]>
<![CDATA[Notes on Trade in Varanus macraei in response to (Arida et al., 2021): ‘The Hunt for the Blue tree monitor on Batanta Island, Indonesia: Subsistence on a Treasure?’ ]]>
<![CDATA[Chris R. Shepherd]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of Tropical Ethnobiology Vol. 5 No. 1 (2022): January 2022 ]]>
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DOI: 10.46359/jte.v5i1.107
<![CDATA[The international wildlife trade is a growing threat to an increasingly long list of species, with reptiles among the most heavily impacted. Indonesia is a major source of many reptile species traded internationally, live to meet the demand for pets. Among the many endemic reptile species sought after is the blue tree monitor Varanus macraei. This species is captured from the wild in violation of Indonesia’s harvest and trade quotas which are set annually in an attempt to allow for sustainable use and at the same time protect species from over-exploitation. As this species is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain from the wild, it is clear that not only is the removal of specimens from the wild illegal, but it also appears to be unsustainable.]]>
<![CDATA[Medicinal Plants Potential of Olele Village, Kabila Bone Sub-district as Ecotourism Support ]]>
<![CDATA[Moh G. H. Sahada]]>;
<![CDATA[Jusna K. Ahmad]]>;
<![CDATA[Abubakar S. Katili]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of Tropical Ethnobiology Vol. 5 No. 2 (2022): July 2022 ]]>
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DOI: 10.46359/jte.v5i2.149
<![CDATA[Olele is a village with quite high tourism potential, one of which is medicinal plants which are quite high and varied. This study aimed to identify species of medicinal plants in the village and identify their potential as ecotourism support. It was conducted using an indepth interview technique with a qualitative type. The data obtained will then be documented and identified using the book and the Plant-Net application. The results showed that 17 species of medicinal plants were identified from the results of interviews, and then validation was carried out on domestic tourists who were in the village to find out the personal interests of each tourist. The development of tourist areas has also been responded positively by the community and local government.]]>
