Medicinal Plant Collections

The Balinese traditional medicinal treatment is known as Usada. The term comes from a Sanskrit word 'Ausadhi' meaning plant that are used for medicinal purposes. This Usada knowledge originated from India and spread out to Bali in the 5th century. Usada was written in a so called "Lontar" made from palm leave of Borassus flabellifer. There are approximately more than 491 species used as medicinal plant in lontar usada Bali. Therefore, Balinese knowledge is highly valuable for the world medicinal potential.

Taman Usada (Usada garden) has recently been established in Bali Botanic Garden. This garden which covers about 1600 m2 was built in mid-2005 as implementation of the conservation effort of Bali Botanic Garden for the Balinese medicinal plant and also to acquire the need for collection, research, education and recreation.

Some of the collection include: Plantago major, Cinnamomum burmanii, Kalanchoe pinnata, Euchresta harsfieldii, Areca cathecu, Dysoxylum caulostachyum, Sida rhombifolia, Alstonia scholaris, Euphorbia tirucalli, etc.

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Taman Usada is located at backyard of Orchid collection, about 850 m from main gate.

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