STUDI ETNOBOTANI TUMBUHAN OBAT YANG DI MANFAATKAN MASYARAKAT DUSUN NEKBARE DESA BABANE KECAMATAN SAMALANTAN KABUPATEN BENGKAYANG Ethnobotany Study of Medicinal Plants in Nekbare Village Samalantan District Bengkayang Regency

Abstract

Benefits of Medicinal plants has always been known and utilized by people as one of the efforts to prevention the health problems. The purpose of this research is to study the utilization and processing plants as medicines in daily activities by Dayak Kanyant community in Nekbare Village. Method of the research is snowball sampling with interview to the people who have been known about medicinal plants, field observations and study literature. Results of the reseach showed that 54 species of plants belonging to the 36 families, medicinal plants  habitus at the highest level is tree ( 16 species / 29.63%), use of herb is a single or without mixture, the most widely used is the leaves ( 32 species / 59.26%), highest processing methods is boiling ( 24 species / 44.44%), and highest used by drink ( 32 species / 59.26%).

Keyword: Ethnobotany, medicinal plants, Dayak Kanayant, Village Nekbare.