Medicinal plants in Kon Ka Kinh National Park play an important role in the life of the Bahnar ethnic in Kroong commune. It was found that 95 percent of the pt:
ople use only medicinal plants when they are sick. Of the plants used, there are 102 species of 95 genera, 54 families, 37 orders, 4 classes and 3 phylums. They are used to treat 11 different disease groups, holding 4.43 percent total levels of taxon for medicinal plants in whole country. Most medicinal plants are herbaceous (48 species, 47.06 percent) and live in a forest environment (55 species, 53.91 percent), 4 species are on the verge of extinction (EN) and 2 species are threatened with extinction (VU). Of the plants used, 97.06 percent are not propagated
they are only harvested from their natural environment. The part of the plant most commonly used is the root and tuber (44 species, 43.14 percent), while for some the whole of the plant is used (23 species, 22.55 percent). This results in an exhaustion of the natural resource and reduction of biodiversity. This is a big challenge in the management, preservation and stable development of Kon Ka Kinh National Park - an ASEAN natural heritage site in Vietnam.