Keanekaragaman Tumbuhan Potensi Obat Tradisional di Hutan Kerangas Pasir Putih KHDTK UM Palangkaraya
Diversity of Traditional Medicinal Potential Plants in Pasir Putih Heat Forest, The Forests area with Special Purpose of Universitas Muhammadiyah Palangkaraya
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Issue | Vol 2 No 1 (2019): Talenta Conference Series: Agricultural and Natural Resources (ANR) | |
Section | Articles | |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.32734/anr.v2i1.576 | |
Keywords: | keanekaragaman KHDTK tumbuhan obat kerangas pasir putih | |
Published | 2019-07-25 |
Abstract
Keanekaragaman hayati di Indonesia sangat berlimpah terutama tanaman yang memiliki khasiat sebagai obat tradisional. Masyarakat Indonesia memanfaatkan tanaman obat tradisional sebagai bahan untuk pengobatan berbagai macam penyakit. Biaya pengobatan yang mahal membuat masyarakat beralih ke pengobatan secara tradisional. Potensi hasil hutan tidak hanya berupa kayu, tetapi juga bermanfaat lain seperti tumbuhan hutan berkhasiat obat untuk kesehatan. Hutan Kalimantan memiliki berbacam-macam tipe habitat, salah satunya adalah hutan kerangas pasir putih. KHDTK UM Palangkaraya merupakan suatu kawasan hutan pendidikan dengan luas 4.910 ha yang mempunyai 5 tipe habitat yang salah satunya adalah hutan kerangas pasir putih. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui keanekaragaman tumbuhan obat di kawasan hutan kerangas pasir putih. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode sensus dengan plot bertingkat ukuran 30 m x 30 m sebanyak 5 plot dan juga wawancara dengan masyarakat lokal. Hasil penelitian diperoleh terdapat 30 jenis tumbuhan berpotensi sebagai obat tradisional yang tumbuh menyebar di kawasan hutan kerangas pasir putih dengan keberadaan jenis tumbuhan obat tersebut ditentukan oleh topografi, jenis tanah dan kerapatan tegakan. Persentase keberadaan tumbuhan obat di plot yang diamati adalah 28,61% dari populasi jenis penyusun hutan kerangas pasir putih.
Biodiversity in Indonesia is very abundant, especially plants that have properties as traditional medicine. Indonesian people use traditional medicinal plants as ingredients for the treatment of various diseases. Expensive medical expenses make people switch to traditional treatment. The potential of forest products is not only in the form of wood, but also other benefits such as forest plants which have medicinal properties for health. Kalimantan forests have many varieties of habitat types, one of which is white-sand type of heath forest. KHDTK UM Palangkaraya is an educational forest area with an area of 4,910 ha which has 5 habitat types, one of them is white-sand type of heath forest. This study aims to determine the diversity of medicinal plants in the area of white-sand kerangas forest. The method research with census syatem in 30m x 30m multilevel plots and 5 interviews with local communities. The results showed that there were 30 species of plants that have the potential as traditional medicines that grow spreading in the area of white sand type of heath forest as with the presence of these types of medicinal plants determined by topography, soil type and stand density. The percentage of the presence of medicinal plants in the observed plot was 28.61% of the population the type of white-sand type of heath forest as compiler.