STUDI ETNOBOTANI TUMBUHAN OBAT YANG DIMANFAATKAN OLEH MASYARAKAT SUKU DAYAK KANAYATN DI DUSUN BANTANG DESA BABANE KECAMATAN SAMALANTAN KABUPATEN BENGKAYANG

Abstract

Medicinal plants are used by the community for traditional treatment in everyday life and become a knowledge in society to maintain and preserve so that they continue to be developed in environmental and living conditions. Therefore, the use of medicinal plants can be seen that each region is definitely different in giving the types of names for medicinal plants, the parts of medicinal plants that are often used by the community and the method of processing medicinal plants. This research was carried out for 3 months from August to October 2021. This research aims to find out which plant species are often used by the Dayak Kanayatn people in Bantang Hamlet, Bengkayang Regency. Determination of respondents can be determined using the Snowball method. The data obtained were analyzed descriptively. Based on the results of this study obtained 63 species of medicinal plants from 37 families. The most common family found was the Euphorbiaceae family with 6 species (9.52%). Places where medicinal plants were collected were mostly found in forests (38%). The part of the plant that is widely used is the leaf (57%). The most widely used method of preparation of medicinal plants was by boiling (47%).