Plant diversity of building materials in yard based on Sundanese community perspectives in Ciburial Village, Cimanggu Sub-district, Banten

摘要

Research regarding plant diversity of building materials in yard based on Sundanese community perspectives in Ciburial Village, Cimanggu Sub-district has been done. This research was aimed to find out the utilization and diversity of plant species that used as building materials based on Sundanese community perspectives in Ciburial Village yard. This research used semi-structured interviews and open-ended. The interview results shown that Sundanese Community is known and used thirty-seven (37) plant species from eighteen (18) families as building materials. The most widely used plant species is the family of Fabaceae. These plants have been cultivated by Sundanese Community in Ciburial Village. The tree trunk was the part of the plant that used as building materials. The used of logs have been distinguished into five components, i.e., roof, wall, floor, door and window.