KAJIAN ETNOBOTANI TUMBUHAN OBAT MASYARAKAT ETNIK LAUJE DI DESA TOMINI KECAMATAN TOMINI PARIGI MAUTONG SULAWESI TENGAH

The ethnobotanic research of medicinal plants of Lauje ethnic communities in Tomini village Parigi Moutong Central Sulawesi has been conducted since March to December 2011. The research purposes were to determine the plantsspecies used and how the utilization of them by Lauje communities in rural districts Tomini Tomini Parigi Moutong as traditional medicine. The research method was a survey through exploration in the field. The results of the study indicated that there were 32 species of plants are used as medicine traditionally by Lauje ethnic such as Psidium guajava L is used as diarrhea, Lannea coromandelica is applied to cure tuberculosis, Moringa oleifera L as fever drug, Ricinus communis L.to cure cough and Piper betle L as antifungi. Keywords: Ethnobotany. Medicinal plants, ethnic Lauje