Medicinal plants refer to the class of plants applied for
therapy or to possess pharmacological actions for human and
animal. In morphological aspect, there is no difference between
medicinal and others plants, except the characteristics of certain
plant to exhibit medicinal benefits. Indonesia comprises
about 110 million hectares and serves about 80% world medicinal
plants. It is estimated that 28,000 plant species exist in
Indonesian forest. Of these, 7,000 species are medicinal plants,
which is equal to 90% of medicinal plants in Asia. So far, 1000
species have been known and utilized in traditional medicine