Investigating diversity of medicinal plants at Tan Phu protection forest, Dong Nai province

Abstract

In this paper, medicinal plants at Tan Phu protection forest, Dong Nai
province were investigated, collected, identified and listed with 368
species, 262 genera, 89 familes of 4 divisions of the higher plants. Of
those, species of the Magnoliophyta are dominant with 310 species, 213
genera, 70 familes.; Fabaceae is the richest family with 31 species and the
most rich genus by Ficus with 10 species. Their life-forms are diverse
including small trees with 101 species, shrubs 73 species, big trees 51
species, lianas 41 species and epiphyte plant 16 species. People use parts
of medicinal plant differently as leaves are used most with 156 species, then
trunk-bank with 153 species and root and root bark 153 species too, trees with
88 species and flowers are ued least with 23 species. After the inventory, 19
groups of diseases were cured by medicial plants, of which 7 groupd used
with the largest number of species: skin, fever, dysentery anh diarrhea,
osteoarthritis, digestion, liver, female and illness diseases, diabetes are
used with the least number of species. Tan Phu protection forest has 4
threatened medicial plant species listed in the Red book of Viet Nam (2007),
7 medicial plant species in the IUCN (2011).