Traditional Uses of Wild Plants in the Middle Aegean Region of Turkey

Traditional Uses of Wild Plants in the Middle Aegean Region of Turkey

This study investigates ethnobotanical uses of wild plants found on Honaz Mountain and its vicinity in Denizli Province in the middle Aegean region of Turkey. Eighty-one persons from 13 villages and six townships were interviewed. Nine hundred and sixty-four species, belonging to 60 plant families,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Human Ecology 2010-06, Vol.38 (3), p.429-450
Hauptverfasser: Kargıoğlu, Mustafa, Cenkci, Süleyman, Serteser, Ahmet, Konuk, Muhsin, Vural, Gürsel
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
Anthropology
Botany
Denizili
Environmental Management
Ethnobotany
Family
Fodder
Food
Geography
Herbal medicine
Herbs
Kidney diseases
Local ecological knowledge
Lung diseases
Medicinal plants
Medicinal tar
Mountains
Plants
RESEARCH REPORT
Social Sciences
Sociology
Stomach diseases
Traditional wild plant uses
Turkey
Turkeys
Villages
Wild plants
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Zusammenfassung:This study investigates ethnobotanical uses of wild plants found on Honaz Mountain and its vicinity in Denizli Province in the middle Aegean region of Turkey. Eighty-one persons from 13 villages and six townships were interviewed. Nine hundred and sixty-four species, belonging to 60 plant families, were identified for which 381 different uses were recorded. Informants reported ethnobotanical uses for 19% of the identified species (184 out of 964): food (65), fodder (111), medicinal (119), firewood (28), handicrafts (16) and various other purposes (26). Medicinal tar production was particularly noted.
ISSN:0300-7839
1572-9915
DOI:10.1007/s10745-010-9318-2