STUDI ETNOFARMASI SUKU DONDO KECAMATAN DONDO KABUPATEN TOLITOLI SULAWESI TENGAH
Abstract: This study aims to
inventory and to record plants and their parts used as medicine by Dondo Tribe
in Dondo Subdistrict, Tolitoli Regency, Central Sulawesi. This research is a
descriptive study using qualitative methods and snowball sampling technique through
open-ended interviews to 4 informants using questionnaire. The results showed
that 56 plant species divided into 32 familia were used as medicine. The most
widely used plant was from Euphorbiaceae family as much as 11%. Parts of plant
which were used included leaf, petiole, stem, bark, flower, fruit, seed,
rhizomes, tuber, and herb. Part of plant widely used was the leaf with
percentage of utilization as much as 62%. The people of Dondo Tribe in Tolitoli
District use the plants for treatment of illness, recovery, and maintenance of
health. The methods of processing included decocting, mashing, roasting,
burning, squeezing, and brewing the parts of the plant. The ways of using
included drinking, eating, chewing, smearing, dropping, affixing/compressing, attaching,
and rubbing the plant preparations on the sore spot as well as inhaling the
fumes, and mixing it with water for bathing
Penulis: Mohammad Fajrin,
Nurlina Ibrahim, Arsa Wahyu Nugrahani
Kode Jurnal: jpfarmasidd150309
