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Utilization of natural resources: Preliminary study on ethnopharmacological application of ‘ulam’ or traditional vegetables among Sama-Bajau of Kampung Menunggui, Kota Belud, Sabah

A preliminary survey on application of ’ulam’ or traditional vegetables for health and food was conducted among Sama-Bajau people from Kampung Menunggui, Kota Belud, Sabah on June 2017 and November 2017. The objective of this study is to document traditional vegetables that have been consumed by...

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Main Authors: Awang-Kanak, Fadzilah, Abu Bakar, Mohd Fadzelly, Mohamed, Maryati, Norazlimi, Nor Atiqah
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spelling my.uthm.eprints.70292022-05-24T01:32:32Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7029/ Utilization of natural resources: Preliminary study on ethnopharmacological application of ‘ulam’ or traditional vegetables among Sama-Bajau of Kampung Menunggui, Kota Belud, Sabah Awang-Kanak, Fadzilah Abu Bakar, Mohd Fadzelly Mohamed, Maryati Norazlimi, Nor Atiqah T Technology (General) A preliminary survey on application of ’ulam’ or traditional vegetables for health and food was conducted among Sama-Bajau people from Kampung Menunggui, Kota Belud, Sabah on June 2017 and November 2017. The objective of this study is to document traditional vegetables that have been consumed by the community and further its utilization as herbal medicine. Three respondents were selected using snowball sampling technique, and the data on traditional knowledge on freshly eaten vegetables were collected by semi structured interviews. A total of 33 species from 30 genera, and 19 families of plants and a species of green algae, Caulerpa lentillifera (Caulerpaceae) or locally known as “latok” have been consumed as ’ulam’ or traditional vegetables. Other than being used as food source, 7 species also have been applied as traditional dietary resource and as herbal medicine for postpartum women, treatment for high blood pressure and diabetes , as well as as anti-aging botanicals for health maintenance purposes. The decoction of papaya (Carica papaya) flower and inner bark of coconut (Cocos nucifera) have been eaten fresh to control high blood pressure, leaves of pegaga (Centella asiatica) and the fruit of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) have been eaten fresh to lower high blood sugar. Young shoots of “buluh” or Bambusa sp., fresh leaves of “ransa ransa” or Cosmus caudatus, and decoction of “kunyit” or Curcuma longa have been utilized as traditional diet and herbal medicine for postpartum women. C. caudatus is also consumed fresh for health maintenance and as anti-aging herbs. Meanwhile the fruit and young leaves of M. charantia have been used as bathing mixture for postpartum recovery, and decoction of C. asiatica has been used to treat jaundice among new born infants. This result provides useful information of traditional knowledge of ulam as traditional dietary resource among the Sama-Bajau people, and also as an approach to preserve their practice of applying ulam as herbal medicine. 2018 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7029/1/P10116_804d9ff3612465f93c0d5cf78e7bb01b.pdf Awang-Kanak, Fadzilah and Abu Bakar, Mohd Fadzelly and Mohamed, Maryati and Norazlimi, Nor Atiqah (2018) Utilization of natural resources: Preliminary study on ethnopharmacological application of ‘ulam’ or traditional vegetables among Sama-Bajau of Kampung Menunggui, Kota Belud, Sabah. In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (ICAST’18), 10-12 April 2018, Penang. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5055431
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Awang-Kanak, Fadzilah
Abu Bakar, Mohd Fadzelly
Mohamed, Maryati
Norazlimi, Nor Atiqah
Utilization of natural resources: Preliminary study on ethnopharmacological application of ‘ulam’ or traditional vegetables among Sama-Bajau of Kampung Menunggui, Kota Belud, Sabah
description A preliminary survey on application of ’ulam’ or traditional vegetables for health and food was conducted among Sama-Bajau people from Kampung Menunggui, Kota Belud, Sabah on June 2017 and November 2017. The objective of this study is to document traditional vegetables that have been consumed by the community and further its utilization as herbal medicine. Three respondents were selected using snowball sampling technique, and the data on traditional knowledge on freshly eaten vegetables were collected by semi structured interviews. A total of 33 species from 30 genera, and 19 families of plants and a species of green algae, Caulerpa lentillifera (Caulerpaceae) or locally known as “latok” have been consumed as ’ulam’ or traditional vegetables. Other than being used as food source, 7 species also have been applied as traditional dietary resource and as herbal medicine for postpartum women, treatment for high blood pressure and diabetes , as well as as anti-aging botanicals for health maintenance purposes. The decoction of papaya (Carica papaya) flower and inner bark of coconut (Cocos nucifera) have been eaten fresh to control high blood pressure, leaves of pegaga (Centella asiatica) and the fruit of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) have been eaten fresh to lower high blood sugar. Young shoots of “buluh” or Bambusa sp., fresh leaves of “ransa ransa” or Cosmus caudatus, and decoction of “kunyit” or Curcuma longa have been utilized as traditional diet and herbal medicine for postpartum women. C. caudatus is also consumed fresh for health maintenance and as anti-aging herbs. Meanwhile the fruit and young leaves of M. charantia have been used as bathing mixture for postpartum recovery, and decoction of C. asiatica has been used to treat jaundice among new born infants. This result provides useful information of traditional knowledge of ulam as traditional dietary resource among the Sama-Bajau people, and also as an approach to preserve their practice of applying ulam as herbal medicine.
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author Awang-Kanak, Fadzilah
Abu Bakar, Mohd Fadzelly
Mohamed, Maryati
Norazlimi, Nor Atiqah
author_facet Awang-Kanak, Fadzilah
Abu Bakar, Mohd Fadzelly
Mohamed, Maryati
Norazlimi, Nor Atiqah
author_sort Awang-Kanak, Fadzilah
title Utilization of natural resources: Preliminary study on ethnopharmacological application of ‘ulam’ or traditional vegetables among Sama-Bajau of Kampung Menunggui, Kota Belud, Sabah
title_short Utilization of natural resources: Preliminary study on ethnopharmacological application of ‘ulam’ or traditional vegetables among Sama-Bajau of Kampung Menunggui, Kota Belud, Sabah
title_full Utilization of natural resources: Preliminary study on ethnopharmacological application of ‘ulam’ or traditional vegetables among Sama-Bajau of Kampung Menunggui, Kota Belud, Sabah
title_fullStr Utilization of natural resources: Preliminary study on ethnopharmacological application of ‘ulam’ or traditional vegetables among Sama-Bajau of Kampung Menunggui, Kota Belud, Sabah
title_full_unstemmed Utilization of natural resources: Preliminary study on ethnopharmacological application of ‘ulam’ or traditional vegetables among Sama-Bajau of Kampung Menunggui, Kota Belud, Sabah
title_sort utilization of natural resources: preliminary study on ethnopharmacological application of ‘ulam’ or traditional vegetables among sama-bajau of kampung menunggui, kota belud, sabah
publishDate 2018
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