Indonesia has a very high potential for biodiversity, both flora and fauna so that Indonesia is also known as a mega-biodiversity country. The use of certain types of plants is carried out by the community, one of which is for treatment and is usually inherited from generation to generation. Traditional medicine is the basis of modern medicine, in developed countries there are more traditional and herbal medicines than synthetic ones. One of the flora that has potential as a medicinal plant is karamunting. Karamunting plants are often found as weeds, both in yards and fields, even on marginal lands. The research method used was survey and laboratory methods. The ethnobotanical aspect of the karamunting plant, the community used some parts of the karamunting plant as medicine. The ecological aspect of the Karamunting plant has a fairly high life potential with a density level of 1.81 trees/m2 with a clustered distribution pattern. Meanwhile, from the phytochemical aspect, the karamunting plant has the potential as a medicinal plant containing flavonoid compounds, alkaloids, steroids and saponins found in the roots, stems, leaves, flowers and fruits that function to prevent and cure various diseases.
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