Saving medicinal plants a village cause in Indonesia

Mongabay
May 26, 2022, 4:21 pm181 pts
MUARA JAMBI, Indonesia — In a wood-plank house on the banks of the Batang Hari River, a dukun, or traditional healer, named Siti Hawa, 62, handles a grass-like plant topped with white and purple flowers. Its leaves can cure fever, she says, while the flowers can be boiled to soothe a cough. Outside, Siti…

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