Ethnobotany of Bamboo in Sangirese, North Celebes

Abstract

Technology advancement has encouraged development of processing method variation and enhanced utilization of natural resources widely. Ethnobotany can be used to document the local customs involving the practical uses of bamboo for many aspects of life. The aim of study was to describe utilization of bamboo by Sangirese. A total of 30 respondents were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire and personal interviews. Data were descriptively analyzed based on exploration results and interviews with respondents. The result showed 12 species of bamboo had been founded and correlated with the local community in Sangirese, consist of six species of Bambusa, three species of Schizostachyum, and each one species of Dendrocalamus Gigantochloa, and Neololeba. The uses of bamboos were grouped into nine categories, namely construction and materials, handicraft, furniture, ceremonial, musical instruments, transportation, medicine, ornamental plants, and food. Several species had been used more than one purpose and B. maculata was the most commonly used. Bamboo ethnobotany in Sangirese was firstly recorded and expected could enrich bamboo ethnobotany data from Celebes as well as to introduce Sangirese culture.

Bamboo: A Source of Multiple Uses for Adoption as an Alternative Livelihood in Odisha, India

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Inventarisasi, Hubungan Kekerabatan, dan Pemanfaatan Bambu (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) di Kawasan Hutan Desa Tompobulu Kabupaten Pangkep

“…Studi etnobotani bambu juga telah banyak dilakukan untuk menginventarisasi kegunaan bambu bagi masyarakat. Setidaknya terdapat sembilan fungsi umum bambu, yaitu sebagai konstruksi dan bahan bangunan, berbagai kerajinan tangan dan perabot rumah tangga, upacara tradisional, alat musik, perlengkapan transportasi, obat-obatan, bahkan sebagai bahan makanan (Liana et al, 2017). Di Kabupaten Gowa dan Maros, Sulawesi Selatan dilaporkan pernah terdapat hutan bambu seluas 25.000 Hektar (Widjaja, 1980).…”

“…Di antaranya eksplorasi yang dilakukan oleh Liana (2017) terhadap Genus Bambusa di Pulau Sulawesi dan Ervianti et al (2019) yang melakukan identifikasi bambu sulawesi berdasarkan specimen yang terdapat di Herbarium Bogoriense Penelitian hubungan kekerabatan bambu di Indonesia umumnya menggunakan karakter morfologis untuk melakukan identifikasi. Berdasarkan penelusuran pustaka, diketahui penelitian identifikasi keragaman bambu di Indonesia telah dilakukan di banyak tempat, di antaranya di Desa Talang Pauh Bengkulu Tengah (Yani, 2012), Pulau Jawa dan Bali (Widjaja, 2001;Irawan et al, 2006;Arinasa, 2005), Pulau Sumba (Widjaja & Karsono, 2005), dan Pulau Selayar (Liana, 2017). Penelitian tersebut menggunakan karakter morfologis untuk mengungkap hubungan kekerabatan antar spesies bambu.…”

The status of bamboo research and development for sustainable use in Indonesia: A systematic literature review

“…Bamboo is a natural resource closely related to the livelihood and culture of the Indonesian people. Therefore, encourages research related to bamboo's local wisdom and ethnobotany in several areas as follows; West Java [24,38], Bali [26,27,39], Sulawesi [40], and East Nusa Tenggara [41] Research topics on bamboo related on gender in general talk about the role of women in bamboo development, particularly at the household level [41][42][43][44]. Other aspects of culture were the study and publications on traditional and modern musical instruments made from bamboo.…”