Keanekaragaman jenis tumbuhan liar dan potensinya dikawasan hutan Mangkutana, Kabupaten Luwu Timur, Sulawesi Selatan

This research based on ethnobotany aspect studied wild plant diversity and its potency in Faruhumpenai Nature Reserve, Ponda-ponda Nature Reserve and Kalaena Nature Reserve, Mangkutana District, Luwu Timur Regency, South Sulawesi. The study showed that 21 plants species for traditional medicine, 11 potential species for ornamental plants, 11 species for plant food stock, 8 species for plant building material and 10 other usable species. Documentation on the potential plant information needed for other stakeholders to preserve those three Nature Reserves. This paper will discuss further a number of usage plants including its technique on the plants preservation. Seminar Nasional Etnobotani IV, Cibinong Science Center-LIPI. Cibinong, 18 Mei 2009 hal.133-138