| Abstrak | The understanding on medicinal herbs and its usefulness by local people are very common in Indonesia. Most of the ethnics utilize it, without exception in Sabang - Weh Island, Nangroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) province. To explore what kinds of plant which use as medicinal herbs, research was conducted in Iboih, Sabang, NAD. As a result at least 113 plant species, belong to 85 genera and 55 families were recorded as medicinal herbs. It was found that medicinal herbs in research site was employed either as a single or as compound, which contains some materials. It is recognized as 44 medicinal compound (ramuan obat 44), eventhough it does not always consist of 44 plants. Occasionally, this 44 medicinal compound is well known as ramuan daun segala daun. Medicinal herbs which are used by Iboih people are terrestrial orchids, gerangsang rimaung (Anoectochylus setaceus) and abeung - abeung (Oroxylum indicum). The later belong to Bignoniaceae and it is one of the endangered plants. |
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