Zingiber album Nurainas among Zingiberaceae Family: A Review in the Traditional Uses
Annual Research & Review in Biology,
Page 22-26
DOI:
10.9734/arrb/2023/v38i130565
Abstract
Aims: To determine the potential for local use of Zingiber album Nurainas among Zingiberaceae family through an ethnobotanical approach.
Study Design: Information about traditional uses of Zingiberaceae family collected through literature review. The data was analyzed quantitatively using the ethnobotanyR package in the R Studio software and visualized using a flow diagram with the ggalluvial formula.
Methodology: Literature review.
Results: From the research, it was found that the local use of Z. album as a vegetable and traditional medicines, namely the medicine for swollen uterus after childbirth, abdominal pain, internal heat.
Conclusion: Z. album Nurainas has potential as a food and traditional medicine. Ethnoalluvial analysis of the potential utilization of Z. album among other species in the Zingiberaceae family in West Sumatra showed that the species categorized as low importance.
Keywords:
- Zingiberaceae
- Zingiber album
- ethnobotany
- traditional use
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