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

Autor:	Mustafa Kargıoğlu, Muhsin Konuk, Ahmet Serteser, Süleyman Cenkci, Gürsel Vural
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Geography Sociology and Political Science Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Ecology Anthropology Ethnobotany Botany Environmental Science (miscellaneous) Firewood Medicinal plants Socioeconomics
Zdroj:	Human Ecology. 38:429-450
ISSN:	1572-9915 0300-7839
DOI:	10.1007/s10745-010-9318-2
Popis:	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.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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