Ethnobotany of the Batek tribe in Kuala Koh, Kelantan, Malaysia

Plants and environment play important roles in Batek tribe culture. They possess a high level of knowledge related to forests due to unique intimacy with the forests and their heavy dependents on forests produce for their livelihood. The indigenous knowledge among Batek tribe is inherited from gener...

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Main Author:	Mat Esa, Muhamad Ikhwanuddin
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	Ethnobotany - Malaysia
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112191/1/FS%202019%2091%20-%20IR.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.1121912024-09-27T01:24:27Z Ethnobotany of the Batek tribe in Kuala Koh, Kelantan, Malaysia 2019-03 Mat Esa, Muhamad Ikhwanuddin Plants and environment play important roles in Batek tribe culture. They possess a high level of knowledge related to forests due to unique intimacy with the forests and their heavy dependents on forests produce for their livelihood. The indigenous knowledge among Batek tribe is inherited from generation to generation through verbal communication from the eldest, but none of this knowledge has been considered, neither has it been documented systematically. Deforestation in the nearby area caused the resources of medicinal plants that were once abundant depleted tremendously. Due to this urgent call, therefore the objective of this study is to document the traditional uses of various indigenous plants, which are commonly used among Batek tribe, to determine the most frequently used species by measuring the relative importance of each species and identify the level of homogeneity among information gathered within the Batek community, to identify the plant part, modes of preparation and ways of administration used for medication of each medicinal plant. In this study, an ethnobotanical survey was conducted using semi-structured questionnaire method to obtain information on the use of medicinal plants for traditional healthcare among Batek people in Kuala Koh, Gua Musang Territory, Kelantan.Then, the literature searches were carried out for the evaluation on the current status of investigations on these plants. This study has recorded 50 species belonging to 36 families of medicinal plants used by the Batek tribe. Spatholobus ferrugineus (Zoll. & Moritzi) Benth, Eurycoma longifolia Jack and Marantodes pumilum (Blume) Kuntze had the highest RFC. Leaves were the most frequently used plant’s part (42%). Fifty percent of medications are prepared as decoctions, and mostly administered orally. This study provides the first ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants used among Batek tribe in Kuala Koh. Future studies towards conserving the reported species and standardizing traditional herbal medicine administration are recommended. Ethnobotany - Malaysia 2019-03 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112191/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112191/1/FS%202019%2091%20-%20IR.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Ethnobotany - Malaysia Go, Rusea English
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
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language	English English
advisor	Go, Rusea
topic	Ethnobotany - Malaysia
spellingShingle	Ethnobotany - Malaysia Mat Esa, Muhamad Ikhwanuddin Ethnobotany of the Batek tribe in Kuala Koh, Kelantan, Malaysia
description	Plants and environment play important roles in Batek tribe culture. They possess a high level of knowledge related to forests due to unique intimacy with the forests and their heavy dependents on forests produce for their livelihood. The indigenous knowledge among Batek tribe is inherited from generation to generation through verbal communication from the eldest, but none of this knowledge has been considered, neither has it been documented systematically. Deforestation in the nearby area caused the resources of medicinal plants that were once abundant depleted tremendously. Due to this urgent call, therefore the objective of this study is to document the traditional uses of various indigenous plants, which are commonly used among Batek tribe, to determine the most frequently used species by measuring the relative importance of each species and identify the level of homogeneity among information gathered within the Batek community, to identify the plant part, modes of preparation and ways of administration used for medication of each medicinal plant. In this study, an ethnobotanical survey was conducted using semi-structured questionnaire method to obtain information on the use of medicinal plants for traditional healthcare among Batek people in Kuala Koh, Gua Musang Territory, Kelantan.Then, the literature searches were carried out for the evaluation on the current status of investigations on these plants. This study has recorded 50 species belonging to 36 families of medicinal plants used by the Batek tribe. Spatholobus ferrugineus (Zoll. & Moritzi) Benth, Eurycoma longifolia Jack and Marantodes pumilum (Blume) Kuntze had the highest RFC. Leaves were the most frequently used plant’s part (42%). Fifty percent of medications are prepared as decoctions, and mostly administered orally. This study provides the first ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants used among Batek tribe in Kuala Koh. Future studies towards conserving the reported species and standardizing traditional herbal medicine administration are recommended.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Mat Esa, Muhamad Ikhwanuddin
author_facet	Mat Esa, Muhamad Ikhwanuddin
author_sort	Mat Esa, Muhamad Ikhwanuddin
title	Ethnobotany of the Batek tribe in Kuala Koh, Kelantan, Malaysia
title_short	Ethnobotany of the Batek tribe in Kuala Koh, Kelantan, Malaysia
title_full	Ethnobotany of the Batek tribe in Kuala Koh, Kelantan, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Ethnobotany of the Batek tribe in Kuala Koh, Kelantan, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Ethnobotany of the Batek tribe in Kuala Koh, Kelantan, Malaysia
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granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
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Ethnobotany of the Batek tribe in Kuala Koh, Kelantan, Malaysia

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