Medicinal & Aromatic Plants
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-0412
+44 1300 500008
ISSN: 2167-0412
+44 1300 500008
Melanie M Garcia and Charisse Pearl B Guevara
Davao Doctors College, Philippines
Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Med Aromat Plants
The field sampling and documentation was made at Barangay Baganihan, Marilog district Davao city, Philippines. It aims to determine the ethno-botanical practices and their ecological status of the medicinal plants used by Matigsalug tribe. Respondents were randomly selected aging 18 to 60 years old for the interview using validated survey questionnaires. Overall, there were 35 plants identified with 22 families. Family of Poaceae had the highest number of species. Matigsalug tribe mostly used leaves (28.57%), while the method of preparation was decoction (51.43%) and utilization of these medicinal plants was ingestion (57.1%). The study revealed 22 identified species with a fidelity value of 100%. The disease categories with the highest informed consensus factor were dermatological diseases (0.9 ICF). Based on the field sampling, there was 36 species with 26 families identified. In terms of species diversity index, Shannon-Wiener Diversity Index was used and obtained its value H�??=2.736177 which indicates a high species diversity in the area. The study revealed that the Matigsalug tribe was dependent on medicinal plants for their primary health care need. Therefore, there should be an educational program for awareness of the community on how to improve their practices and protection and conservation of the medicinal plants.
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