Pemanfaatan Tumbuhan Obat Oleh Masyarakat Sekitar Taman Nasional Batang Gadis (TNBG)

Abstract

The objection of this research is to know the use of medicinal plants by the people at Batang Gadis National Park (TNBG) through kind, how to use and part of plants that use for medicine. To know chemical contents of 10 medicinal plants that usually use by the people. This research was held at Sibanggor Julu Village and Aek Nangali Village. Mandailing Natal District, North Sumatera Province. The research used surveillance methode (direct observation, literatur study, interview), medicinal plants identification species and laboratory test. From the interview result, plants that use by people for medicine at Sibanggor Julu Village are 25 kind medicinal plants and Aek Nangali Village are 22 kind medicinal plants. Most of medicinal plants that use by people was bush and herb habitus. Leaves is the most part of medicinal plants that usually use by people for medicine. Eating and drinking is the general way of using medicinal plants. Cooking and smashing is the general threatment way before using the medicinal plants The result of phytochemistry test that from 10 medicinal plants generally use by people in both village is : Piper ungaramense (Miq.)C., Selaginella sp., Hydrocotyle javanica., Physalis minima Linn., Chinchona spp., Loranthus sp., Oryza granulata NEES et ARN., Loranthus chrysanthus BL., Lourentia langiflora (L.) Peterm., dan Chloranthus elatior RBR, which content steroida was found in 10 kind of medicinal plants (100%), saponin was found in 8 kind of medicinal plants (80%), flavonoid and alkaloid was found in 6 kind of medicinal plants (60%), and triterpenoid in a kind of medicinal plants (10%).