Ethnobotany of Medicine Plants of the Sumba Trible in Central Sumba Regency East Nusa Tenggara Timur

The Sumba tribe is a local community that inhabits Island, one of which in Central Regency. majority the people Tribe still have close interactions with nature, using plants used for traditional medicine. This medicine has been carried out long time and become tradition passed down from generation to customs people. study aims determine diversity plant species by Sumbanese Use Value Species (UVS) Cultural Significance Index (ICS) medicinal snowball sampling method conducting open-ended interviews. results this found potential as It known there are 116 treatment. Medicinal can be yard house. Based on analysis UVS calculations, it was highest use value, Sambiloto (A. paniculata Ness) had value (5.60), while ICS analysis, Papaya (C. papaya L.) (850).