Implementasi Sistem Informasi Tanaman Obat Berbasis Android Dengan Metode RAD

Abstract

This research is about the design of an information system for Indonesian traditional
medicinal plants, which was developed on Android devices using the RAD method.
Medicinal plants have long been used by the Indonesian people for generations, nowadays
they are used as alternative treatments for modern drugs or chemical drugs. This is because
medicinal plants are relatively cheaper than chemical drugs, besides that medicinal plants
are easily obtained from the environment, either intentionally planted in the yard or growing
wild. In the manufacture of traditional medicine, people usually cultivate traditional
medicinal plants based on parental direction or from personal experience. Determining the
dosage of ingredients for prescription drugs often only uses estimates and most of them do
not match properly, so that what is obtained is not a benefit but a side effect. The community
does not yet have information that can be used as a source of knowledge about medicinal
plants, the benefits of medicinal plants, useful plant parts and how to process medicinal
plant recipes. This is what causes the need for information on types of medicinal plants and
plant parts that are often used in the manufacture of traditional medicines, the benefits of
medicinal plants, processing methods for medicinal plants, scientific names of medicinal
plants, chemical content, and descriptions of medicinal plants originating from reliable
sources based on the results of the research. study. Therefore we need a system that can
provide information on medicinal plants, which can be accessed by the wider community and
parties who need information on medicinal plants. With the existence of an information
system that can be used as an information center, the public can obtain various information
needed easily, cheaply, and attractively.

Keywords: Android, RAD, traditional medicinal recipes, medicinal plants.