An Ethnobotanical Study of the Medicinal plant by the Malay Community in the Remedies for Diabetes at Kota Tinggi, Johor

Nurul Athirah, Yazid (2015) An Ethnobotanical Study of the Medicinal plant by the Malay Community in the Remedies for Diabetes at Kota Tinggi, Johor. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

An ethnobotanical survey of plants which has medicinal value used in the remedies of Diabetes at Kota Tinggi, Johor were conducted between September until May, 2015. Ethnobotanical data were collected by oral interview and semi-structured questionnaire administered to forty (40) respondents made up of traditional medicinal practitioners, herb seller, civil servants, farmer and prevalence of diabetes. From the survey, approximately 50% of the Malay community aged between 41-50 years old, has knowledge about the ethnobotanical information and uses for the remedies of diabetes. A total of 40 plant species belonging to 26 families were found to be used useful in the remedies of diabetes. Recipes used in the remedies of diabetes were documented. Orthosiphon stamineus (Misai Kucing), Mimordica charantia (Peria katak), Tinospora crispa (Bakawali), Swietenia macrophylla (Tunjuk langit) and Pithecellobium jiringa (Jering) were frequent mentioned by respondents and useful in the remedies of diabetes. Survey revealed that leaves from the major part of the plants commonly used for herbal preparations. Decoction and ingestion were mostly used by the Malay community as the modes of consumption.

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