Suhartini Azis, Siti Zubaidah, Susriyati Mahanal, Jati Batoro, Sutiman B. Sumitro
Kajang tribal community in Indonesia has been using plants as traditional medicine for long periods of time; however, this traditional knowledge has not been appropriately documented. Therefore, to prevent the knowledge from being degraded or vanished, it needs to be documented. This study aimed to (i) document the local knowledge of Ammatoa Kajang tribe on the use of traditional medicinal plants, (ii) describe the education system of their young generation, and (iii) conduct Informant Consensus Factor (ICF) and Use Value (UV) analyses. The research data were obtained from 114 informants through semi-structured interviews. This research uses descriptive analysis, quantitative ICF, and UV. A total of 104 plant species from 50 families were identified. Parts of plants that were frequently used by the tribal community were leaves (48.56%). Before using the medicinal plants, the people customarily boiled (33.09%) the plants. The youth received education through informal education that became the highest level of education delivered orally by the family (51.75%). The highest ICF was found in the Digestive System Diseases category, and the highest UV was observed in Piper betle. © 2020, Society for Indonesian Biodiversity. All rights reserved.
Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Malang, Jl. Semarang No. 5 Malang 65145, East Java, Indonesia; Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya, Jl. Veteran, Malang, 65145, East Java, Indonesia; Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Bulukumba, Jl. Poros Bulukumba-Bantaeng Km. 9, Bulukumba, 92561, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
