ETHNOMEDICINAL STUDY OF UBAR KAMPUNG FOR DIABETES MELLITUS: INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE, BELIEF, AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINAL, AROMATIC, AND COSMETIC (MAC) PLANTS IN SUNDA REGION, WEST JAVA, INDONESIA

Objective: Over the past several decades, ethnobotany and ethnomedicine have been considered as a more appropriate interdisciplinary approach to drug discovery involving collaboration. Several studies on worldwide shown that diabetes mellitus has recognised by traditional healer pathological condition which can be treated with specific medicinal plants. The starting point in an ethno-directed search for anti-diabetic plants is identification of plant species used local healers this purpose. This study aims document communities treatment mellitus.
 Methods: ethnographical highlights emic people documents knowledge, belief, practice ubar kampung Sunda Region. 
 Results: results reveals 20 most frequently medicinal, aromatic, cosmetic Sundanese community. majority belong families Asteraceae (2 species), Lauraceae Liliaceae species).
 Conclusion: Most reported research area are already publicly acknowledged their properties, indicating pharmacological activities studied different areas. Medicinal such Syzygium polyanthum, Moringa oleifera, Swietenia mahagoni, Allium sativum, Cinnammomum burmanni widely regions various ethnic groups. Leaves part. In general, infusion decoction common preparation methods area.