The use of medicinal plants species by the Temuan tribe of National Botanical Garden Shah Alam, Malaysia

Results on the use of medicinal plants in the forest reserve at National Botanical Garden Shah Alam, Malaysia are presented. Although this forest is surrounded by activities of rapid sosio-economic development, is still serves as a resource for indigenous people to find alternative medicinal plant f...

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Main Authors: Khamis, Shamsul, Go, Rusea, Abdul Manap, Tajuddin
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2016
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77501/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77501/1/i-SIMBIOMAS%202016%2043.pdf
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author Khamis, Shamsul
Go, Rusea
Abdul Manap, Tajuddin
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description Results on the use of medicinal plants in the forest reserve at National Botanical Garden Shah Alam, Malaysia are presented. Although this forest is surrounded by activities of rapid sosio-economic development, is still serves as a resource for indigenous people to find alternative medicinal plant for treating diseases beside readily modern medicine. A total of 66 plant species were recognized with 15 uses recorded. The collection includes herbaceous plants, trees, shrubs, lianas and epiphytes. They were grouped into 12 methods of application namely as a drink, food, drop, cooking material, shampoo, bath, rub, massage, poultice, bandage, smoke and boil. Some plants can be multipurpose, used to treat more than one disease, and the plant part most frequently used is root.
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spelling upm-775012020-04-15T16:43:31Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77501/ The use of medicinal plants species by the Temuan tribe of National Botanical Garden Shah Alam, Malaysia Khamis, Shamsul Go, Rusea Abdul Manap, Tajuddin Results on the use of medicinal plants in the forest reserve at National Botanical Garden Shah Alam, Malaysia are presented. Although this forest is surrounded by activities of rapid sosio-economic development, is still serves as a resource for indigenous people to find alternative medicinal plant for treating diseases beside readily modern medicine. A total of 66 plant species were recognized with 15 uses recorded. The collection includes herbaceous plants, trees, shrubs, lianas and epiphytes. They were grouped into 12 methods of application namely as a drink, food, drop, cooking material, shampoo, bath, rub, massage, poultice, bandage, smoke and boil. Some plants can be multipurpose, used to treat more than one disease, and the plant part most frequently used is root. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2016 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77501/1/i-SIMBIOMAS%202016%2043.pdf Khamis, Shamsul and Go, Rusea and Abdul Manap, Tajuddin (2016) The use of medicinal plants species by the Temuan tribe of National Botanical Garden Shah Alam, Malaysia. In: Malaysia International Biology Symposium 2016, 26-27 Oct. 2016, PICC, Putrajaya, Malaysia. (p. 43).
spellingShingle Khamis, Shamsul
Go, Rusea
Abdul Manap, Tajuddin
The use of medicinal plants species by the Temuan tribe of National Botanical Garden Shah Alam, Malaysia
title The use of medicinal plants species by the Temuan tribe of National Botanical Garden Shah Alam, Malaysia
title_full The use of medicinal plants species by the Temuan tribe of National Botanical Garden Shah Alam, Malaysia
title_fullStr The use of medicinal plants species by the Temuan tribe of National Botanical Garden Shah Alam, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The use of medicinal plants species by the Temuan tribe of National Botanical Garden Shah Alam, Malaysia
title_short The use of medicinal plants species by the Temuan tribe of National Botanical Garden Shah Alam, Malaysia
title_sort use of medicinal plants species by the temuan tribe of national botanical garden shah alam, malaysia
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77501/
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