Utilitarian tumbuhan ubatan di Tamu Pantai Barat Sabah (Utilitarian of Medicinal plants in Tamu (local market) of West Coast, Sabah)

Jurry Foo, Abdul Latiff Mohamad, Mustaffa Omar, Ahmad Aldrie Amir

Abstract


Utilitarian atau kepenggunaan tumbuhan bagi memenuhi keperluan hidup merupakan nic ekologi manusia. Ia merupakan proses kebergantungan manusia terhadap sumber bagi  kelangsungan hidup. Tujuan kertas kerja ini adalah untuk menghuraikan utilitarian tumbuhan ubatan oleh masyarakat di Pantai Barat sabah dalam memahami kebergantungan masyarakat di kawasan kajian terhadap sumber tumbuhan untuk kelangsungan kesihatan. Sebanyak 77 spesies daripada 43 famili telah direkodkan melalui kajian lapangan di 15 buah tamu (pasar tempatan) di Pantai Barat Sabah. Manakala 119 kegunaan tumbuhan ubatan telah didokumentasikan berdasarkan kepada maklumat daripada 107 orang responden. Kedah penyediaan  tumbuhan sebagai ubat dan akses terhadap sumber tersebut juga dihuraikan bagi memahami cara pengurusan sumber  tumbuhan tersebut.

Kata kunci: kepenggunaan, keperluan, species,  Tamu,  tumbuhan  ubatan, utilitarian 

Utilitarian or uses consumerism of plants to meet the needs is a nature of human ecological niche. It is the process of human dependence on resources for survival. The purpose of this paper is to describe the utilitarian of medicinal plants by the community of the West Coast of Sabah in understanding the community's dependence on the plant resources for health concern. A total of 77 species from 43 families were recorded through field work in 15 tamu (local market) in the West Coast. While the 119 uses of medicinal plants have been documented based on information from 107 respondents. Methods of preparing the medicine plants and access to the resources are also described to understand the management of plants resources.

Keywords: consumption, needs, species, Tamu, medicinal, plants. Utilitarian 


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