In Indonesia, a coastal vine used as medicine now signals ecological decline

Mongabay
Apr 9, 2026, 7:34 am214 ptsTop
SUMALATA, Indonesia — Following encounters while diving, Gusnar Ismail has long turned to the morning glory plants growing on sandbanks here on the north of Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island. “When I get stung or stabbed by an animal in the sea, I’ll go straight away to look for batata to use as medicine,”…

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