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This review aims to synthesize knowledge on medicinal plant use across Indonesia and assess methodological rigor.

A systematic review of ethnobotanical study in Indonesia: diversity and cultural patterns of medicinal plant use

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This review aims to synthesize knowledge on medicinal plant use across Indonesia and assess methodological rigor.
Conducted a systematic review following PRISMA 2020 guidelines.
Retrieved primary field studies from PubMed, Scopus, and GARUDA.
Harmonized scientific names using Plants of the World Online (POWO) and mapped therapeutic uses to ICPC-2 categories.
Assessed methodological quality with a modified JBI checklist.
Analyzed 91 studies yielding 3,202 use-reports for 791 medicinal plant species.
Identified a shared medicinal flora of 239 species across ethnic groups, with Zingiber officinale and Orthosiphon aristatus as common plants.
Noted geographical skew in documentation, particularly toward Sumatra and Java, with underrepresentation of Eastern Indonesia.
Found high consensus on using specific plants for acute conditions and diverse uses for chronic diseases.
Quality assessment indicated 89% of studies lacked ethics reporting and 32% relied on secondary identification without voucher specimens.

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