Inventory and identification of plants from secondary forest commonly used for medicine, food preservatives and food flavors in the Bidayuh community

Salman Sah, Nurun (2006) Inventory and identification of plants from secondary forest commonly used for medicine, food preservatives and food flavors in the Bidayuh community. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

The inventory and identification of plants for medicine, food preservatives and food flavors in the Bidayuh community is conducted in secondary forest at Kg. Serasot, Bau, Sarawak. Inventory was conducted in the 5 years, 20 years and 30-year-old secondary forests area, regenerated from shifting cultivation activity. The distribution, diversity and density of each type of secondary forests is recorded and analyzed. Twenty years old secondary forest have highest distribution with 25%, diversity index 3.70 and 24% relative density of medicinal, flavoring and preservatives plant species. All null hypotheses was rejected, that there is no significant prove that the older type of secondary forest is having more diversity, distribution and density of medicinal, flavoring and preservatives plant species. Nineteen plants species for medicinal, 6 plant species for flavoring and one plant species for preservatives uses has been identified.

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