Utilization of medicinal plants by people around Gunung Simpang Nature Reserve, West Java

Abstract

Handayani A. 2015. Utilization of medicinal plants by people around Gunung Simpang Nature Reserve, West Java, Jawa Barat. Pros Sem Nas Masy Biodiv Indon 1: 1425-1432. Gunung Simpang Nature Reserve is one of the conservation areas in West Java. Information on the use of plants as medicine by surrounding people needs to be collected. The study was conducted in February 2010, in Miduana hamlet, Balegede Village, Naringgul District, Cianjur, West Java, to assess the diversity of medicinal plant species used by the people in this area. The information was collected through interviews with 30 respondents. The results showed there were 74 species of plants from 40 families that commonly used for treatment. Among these species Staurogyne elongata was the most potential plant as a drug.