Inventory and conservation of bamboos with medicinal properties in Buleleng District Bali Indonesia

Buleleng is a district in the north part of Bali Island where has indigenous knowledge on bamboos for using as medicine traditonally. Exploration and interview were enforced in order to determine bamboo species that can be used as medicine. The result of this research revealed that, there were five bamboo species with medicinal properties, namely Gigantochloa abus 0.A. & J.H. Schult.) Kurz locally called to tali bamboo, Bambusa tsulgaris Schrad. ex Wendl. var. stricta called ampel gading bamboo, Schizostachyum brachycladum Kurz called tamblang gading bamboo, Gigantochloa nigrociliata (Buse) Kurz called tabah bamboo, and, Schizostachyum lima (Blanco) Merr. called buluh lengis bamboo locally. Morphology of those bamboos, kinds of disease as well as part which are used, chemical compounds and conservation efforts were discussed in this paper.