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

Author: Kargıoğlu Mustafa   Cenkci Süleyman   Serteser Ahmet   Konuk Muhsin   Vural Gürsel  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 0300-7839

Source: Human Ecology, Vol.38, Iss.3, 2010-06, pp. : 429-450

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Abstract

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.