Ethnobotanical Survey of Medicinal Plants Traded at Tamu in Sabah Urban Area (Kaji Selidik Etnobotani terhadap Dagangan Tumbuhan Perubatan di Tamu dalam Kawasan Bandar Sabah)

JURRY FOO, ABDUL LATIFF MOHAMAD, MUSTAFA OMAR, AHMAD ALDRIE AMIR

Abstract


ABSTRACT: Medicinal plants are still important to the livelihood of urban communities in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. As the main regional growth centre, the rapid development of the city is not a problem for the medicinal plants market to survive. Most of this biomedicine product can be found being sold at the local market which they called as Tamu. Understanding the importance of medicinal plants may help to design appropriate resource management policies in fulfil the needs for urban community. To understand the values of this product to the urban community, identification of the species involved is necessary. This paper present the species of medicinal plant traded in Kota Kinabalu. Survey has been done through observation, interviews and sample collection from eight tamu. In total, 62 species has been collected, while their uses and the usage were described.

Keywords: Ethnobotanical survey; medicinal plants; Sabah

 

ABSTRAK: Tumbuhan perubatan masih lagi penting kepada kehidupan masyarakat bandar di Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Sebagai pusat pertumbuhan wilayah utama, pembangunan pesat bandar tidak menjadi masalah untuk pasaran tumbuhan perubatan untuk terus hidup. Kebanyakan produk bioperubatan ini boleh didapati di pasaran tempatan yang disebut sebagai Tamu. Memahami kepentingan tumbuh-tumbuhan perubatan boleh membantu untuk membentuk dasar-dasar pengurusan sumber yang sesuai dalam memenuhi keperluan masyarakat bandar. Untuk memahami nilai-nilai produk ini bagi masyarakat bandar, spesies yang terlibat perlu dikenal pasti. Kertas kerja ini membentangkan spesies tumbuhan ubatan yang diniagakan di Kota Kinabalu. Kajian telah dilakukan melalui pemerhatian, temu bual dan pengumpulan sampel daripada lapan tamu. Keseluruhannya, 62 spesies telah dikumpulkan, dan kegunaan serta penggunaan telah diterangkan.

Kata kunci: Kajian etnobotani; tumbuhan ubatan; Sabah


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