THE ETHNOBOTANY OF DUSUN PEOPLE IN TIKOLOD VILLAGE, TAMBUNAN DISTRICT, SABAH, MALAYSIA
ABSTRACT: The ethnobotanical
studies of the Dusun people in Tikolod village, Tambunan district, Sabah,
Malaysia were conducted from July 25 th to 30 th , 2011 and from March 9 th to
10 th , 2012. The result shows that there were 160 species in 62 families of
plants used. Among them, there were 83 species (in 36 families) of edible plants,
75 species (in 44 families) were medicines, 12 species (in nine families) were
used for constructions and handicraft and eight species (in six families) were
used for musical instruments and animal traps. There were 24 species of plants
that have two or more uses. Of the total, 87 species or 54% were native or
collected from the natural forest nearby and 73 species or 45% of these plants
were exotic (introduced plants). The most commonly used of plant families were
Poaceae (Gramineae) with 14 species, followed by Moraceae and Zingiberaceae,
with eight species each and Arecaceae (Palmae), Cucurbitaceae, Euphorbiaceae,
Rutaceae and Solanaceae, with seven species each.
Author: JULIUS KULIP
Journal Code: jpbiologigg140020
