Diversity of medical plants in natural forest area of Fitamaya Asmapara, Central Kalimantan and Its Conservation Effort

Fitamaya Asmapara Natural Forest Area is located in Katingan District, Central Kalimantan. The medicinal plant is one of important material in the forest, which is will unexplored more in that area. Research related to data collection and the diversityof its growth potential as a natural medicine had been done in February uo to March 2013. Its purpose was to determine the total plant diversity and its potential as a natural remedy that can be utilized. Based on extensive literature survey, there are 61 species of medicinal plants (tree, shrubs, herbs, and climbers). They used mostly as traditional medicine for common diseases such as diarrhea, tanic, cough, and fever. Few of them are known as rare plants, such as Anaxagorea javanica and Piper porphyrophyllum. Those plants were also collected to be unserved in Katingan Botanic Garden. Bogor 10-12 September 2014. Hal. 355-360 ISBN 978-979-3819-87-7