Medicinal Plants
The Balinese traditional medicinal treatment is known as Usada. The term comes from a Sanscript 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. Assumed that there are approximately more than 491 species used as medicinal plant in lontar usada Bali. These Balinese knowledge is highly valuable for the world medicinal potention.
Taman Usada (Usada garden) has recently been established in Bali Botanic Garden. This garden which cover 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.
Access
Taman Usada is located at backyard of Orchid collections, about 850 m from main gate.