Short Communication: Inventory of traditional medicinal plants and their uses from Atinggola, North Gorontalo District, Gorontalo Province, Indonesia

Abstract

Kandowangko NY, Latief M, Yusuf R. 2018. Inventory of traditional medicinal plants and their uses from Atinggola, North Gorontalo District, Gorontalo Province, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 19: 2294-2301. Medicinal plants have been used by the people of Gorontalo as a hereditary tradition. But this knowledge has not spread to the wider community because the traditional wisdom about medicinal plants has not been documented, stored and managed properly by employing digital tools. The purpose of this study is to prepare an inventory of the traditional medicinal plants and the details of their uses in Atinggola, North Gorontalo district, Indonesia. Data has been collected by ethnobotanical survey method and analyzed using the descriptive qualitative method. The study has shown that 38 species of medicinal plants, belonging to 20 families, are used to cure many diseases by the traditional healers of Atinggola. Among them, 6 species are used to treat fever, 5 species to treat skin diseases, 2 species each to treat cancer, gastrointestinal diseases, liver diseases, and as body tonic to restore power; 1 species each to treat toothache, malaria, tonsillitis, allergies, eye irritation, wound infections and tuberculosis (TBC). Plant parts used in the treatment practices are leaf, fruit, flower, rhizome, root, stem, seed, shoots, midribs parts, etc. However, the most dominant part used is the leaf of the plants. Various methods such as boiling, squeezing, scraping, chewing, smashing, brewing, etc. are used to prepare the medicines. 29 species (76.31%) of medicinal plants are collected from cultivated sources such as backyards and gardens while 9 species (23.68%) are still sourced from forests.

Potential Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Dengue Fever and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus

“…Additionally, decoction of Protium spruceanum (Burceraceae) stem bark with lemon was also reported by the Porvenir community in India to effectively cure dengue fever [63], whereas its Chhattisgarh tribes use the leaf extract of Azardirachta indica (Meliaceae) [64]. Decoction of a mixture of the rhizome and leaves of Zingiber purpureum (Zingiberaceae) with a clove of onion and turmeric are used by the Atingola people of Indonesia for similar treatment [65].…”

Macaranga tanarius (L.) Müll.Arg. Euphorbiaceae

“…Three pieces of leaves are boiled and drunk to cure fever by mixing with three pieces each of the leaves from Hedyotis corymbosa, Jatropha curcas, and Hibiscus tiliaceus var. abutiloides (Kandowangko et al 2018). Leaves are used to cure leucorrhoea by the Minahasan people in Rurukan, Tomohon, North Sulawesi (Arini 2017), and also (Arini and Kinho 2015).…”

“…Vietnam: bach dâu nam. English: blush macaranga, hairy mahang, heart leaf (Bodner and Gereau 1988;Delgado 1892;Djarwaningsih 2012;Ernilasari et al 2018;Febriyanti et al 2017;Guerrero 1921;Hamidu 2009;Harijanto et al 2019;Hariyadi and Ticktin 2012;Heyne 1917;Irwanto 2014;Iswandono et al 2015;Jusrin 2017;Kandowangko et al 2018;Kulip 2003;Lim 1998;Naufal et al 2014;Olowa and Demayo 2015;Priyadi et al 2010;Purwaningsih and Sukardjo 1991;Quattrocchi 2016;Rosli et al 2015;Rubite et al 2002;Rugayah et al 2015;Saga 2018;Wakhidah et al 2017;Wardah 2005;West and Brown 1921;Wulandari et al 2014).…”

The Reconstruction of Scientific Knowledge About Bajakah Kalalawit (Uncaria Gambir Roxb) Bioactivity as Ethnomedicine

“…Locals made use of local plants to maintain their health and are known as medicinal plants. The knowledge of medicinal plants is generally passed on orally so that knowledge is only limited to a group of people and is known as indigenous science (Kandowangko et al, 2018;Aziz et al, 2018). This knowledge is vulnerable to degradation due to cultural acculturation and modernization (Mikako & Hirokazu, 2020).…”

“…A study revealed that more than 80% of secondary metabolite compounds found in local plants are used as the first compound source to common medicines in the pharmaceutical industry (Fabricant & Farnsworth, 2001). Currently, research on local herbs as the traditional medication is a hot topic, particularly in ethnobotanical, ethnomedicine, and ethnopharmacology field (Kandowangko et al, 2018;Evrizal et al, 2013;Silalahi & Nisyawati, 2018;Lense, 2012).…”