List Of Medicinal Plant In Malaysia

List of medicinal plants of the indigenous tribes in peninsular malaysia two hundred and thirteen species of plants table 1 have been reported as medicinal to the indigenous tribes in peninsular malaysia.

List of medicinal plant in malaysia. Target 2 aims to have a preliminary assessment of the conservation status of all known plant species of. There are an estimated 8 500 species of vascular plants in peninsular malaysia with another 15 000 in the east. This e book was successfully launched on 3 november 2015 in conjunction with the 11 th world islamic economic forum wief. The plants mentioned are tumeric guava galangal tapioca chinese motherwort and sarawak pepper.

With this in mind nature s medicine. It is an electronic book compiling medicinal plants with a highlight on weeds in our first volume. A collection of medicinal plants from malaysia s rainforest was created. This output is one of the many envisaged for the work on threat assessment of native plants of malaysia which will accomplish target 2 of malaysia s national strategy for plant conservation.

The medicinal plants were based on uses by the tribes jah hut semai semang and temuan. The plants viewed are amaranthus spinosus l arundina graminifolia d don hochr callicarpa arborea roxb carica papaya l citrus grandis l coleus amboinicus lour curcuma domestica. It is composed of a variety of types although they are mainly dipterocarp forests. Malaysia is a megadiverse country of which two thirds is covered in forest which is believed to be 130million years old.