Analysis of Medical Plant in North Nias: Ecolinguistic Study

The Nias tribe is one of the tribes in Indonesia who inhabit the western part of the island of Sumatra. Indonesia has a very large forest area, where almost two-thirds of Indonesia's land area is forest area. However, the existence of this vast forest area has not been optimally utilized by the community or the government, due to the fact that forest management is still timber oriented. One of the roles of forests that are less than optimal in their utilization is medicinal plants, on the other hand, Indonesia's forest areas have a very high biodiversity. This study uses a qualitative approach that has. The purpose of this study was to determine the basic commodities of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries in each sub-district in North Nias Regency and to understand the phenomena experienced by the research subjects. including trees or plants that have medicinal properties. Of the 40,000 species of flora that exist in the world as many as 30,000 species are found in Indonesia and 940 species of which are known to be efficacious as drugs that have been used in traditional medicine for generations by various ethnic groups in Indonesia. The number of medicinal plants covers about 90% of the number of medicinal plants found in the Asian region. Therefore, through this paper, it is hoped that the management of natural medicinal ingredients in the forest can be given more attention and can be utilized optimally by all parties including the government, industry, and the community. Vegetable Gardening with the People of North Nias.