Ethnobotany Study Of Seaweed Diversity And Its Utilization In Warambadi ?
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| Judul | Ethnobotany Study Of Seaweed Diversity And Its Utilization In Warambadi ? |
| Abstrak | This paper reports the ethnobotany study of seaweed diversity in Warambadi ? Panguhalodo areas of East Sumba District, the island of Sumba. The study recorded 19 genera of 54 species of seaweed, which were utilized as food or edible seaweed. The group consisted of 17 species of green algae, 17 species of red algae, and 20 species of brown algae. The study also reported that 18 genera of 38 species were traditionally utilized for medicinal purposes as herbal medicine. The herbal species consisted of 7 species of green algae, 13 species of red algae, and 18 species of brown algae. Seaweed is traditionally consumed as food in various forms: raw as salad and vegetable, as pickle with sauce of allspice or with vinegar, as relish or sweetened jellies and also cooked for vegetable soup. As herbal medicine seaweed is usually used for traditional cosmetics, as antipyretic and antiseptic, as vermifuges, and treatments for cough and asthma, hemorrhoid, nosebleed and boils, goiter and scrofula, stomach ailments and urinary diseases. Indigenous knowledge on seaweed still exist and are continually employed by people living in particular areas such as the Sumba and Sabu ethnic groups. Yet, the knowledge is gradually decreasing due to localities, socio-economic change and cultural development. |
| Katakunci | ethnobotany, seaweed diversity, edible, herbal medicine, indigenous knowledge ? |
| Kategori | 7 |
| Mediamasa | Jurnal Teknologi Lingkungan, Vol. 10 No. 3, September 2009 |
| Alamatlink | http://www.kelair.bppt.go.id/Jtl/2009/vol10-3/8ethnobotany.pdf |
| Penulis | Jana Tjahjana Anggadiredja |
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