期刊名称：Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space
电子版ISSN：2180-2491
出版年度：2016
卷号：12
期号：12
出版社：Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
摘要：Utilitarian or uses consumerism of plants to meet the needs is a nature of human ecological niche. It is the process of human dependence on resources for survival. The purpose of this paper is to describe the utilitarian of medicinal plants by the community of the West Coast of Sabah in understanding the community's dependence on the plant resources for health concern. A total of 77 species from 43 families were recorded through field work in 15 tamu (local market) in the West Coast. While the 119 uses of medicinal plants have been documented based on information from 107 respondents. Methods of preparing the medicine plants and access to the resources are also described to understand the management of plants resources.
