Research has been carried out on the people of Watmuri Village who are still using plants as medicine in treating various types of diseases. The purpose of this study was to obtain data on plant species, find out their parts, and find methods of managing and using them as traditional medicinal plants by the people of Watmuri Village.This research was conducted using a Random Sampling method, based on information from the healers, head of Soa, traditional elders and community members in each Soa. The results showed that Watmuri Village had 3 healers who were believed to be concocting plants as medicine. In this study, 43 species were found, namely 41 species from 3 classes, 21 orders, 26 families and 2 types that have not been identified. The parts of plants that are used as traditional medicine by the people of Watmuri Village are leaves, stems, roots, flowers, fruits, endosperm, tubers and rhizomes.The method of processing plants by the people of Watmuri Village in each Soa is almost the same, namely by boiling, burning, chewing, pulverizing, grating, pounding, heating and scraping. The use of traditional medicinal plants by the people of Watmuri Village is to treat various diseases. The ethnobotany study in Watmuri Village is the first step to documenting the traditional knowledge of the village community about medicinal plants so that it can be passed on to the next generation. Keywords :Ethnobotanic, Medicinal Plants, Watmuri
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