TRADITIONAL USES OF MEDICINAL PLANTS OF üZüMLü DISTRICT, ERZINCAN, TURKEY

摘要

A list of medicinal plants used by local people in üzümlü district and its villages is presented. This study included thefirst detailed ethnobotanical survey carried out in Erzincan. The study was conducted during spring and summer periods in2010 and 2011 through face-to-face interview method to determine the local names, used parts, and medicinal usages of thedetermined plants. The plant samples collected from the study area were pressed, dried, and labeled according to theherbarium techniques, and identified. Totally 64 plant taxa belonging to 53 genera and 29 families were used by local peoplefor different medicinal purposes in the area. The families including the highest number of taxa were Rosaceae (11 species),Asteraceae (6 species) and Lamiaceae (5 species). The species with the highest number of usage as herbal medicine wereUrtica dioica,Anthemis cretica subsp. iberica, Petroselinum crispum,Allium cepa, Rheum ribes, Rosa dumalis subsp.boissieri var. boissieri and Vitis vinifera. Fruits and flowers were the most widely used parts of the plants. Decoction wasthe main method for using, and the primary therapeutic use of herbal remedies was for the respiratory system diseases suchas cold, cough, asthma, and bronchitis.This study was the first carried out on 20 plant taxa used as traditional medicine, andthe use of 28 taxa were recorded for the first time in Turkey.For maintaining the knowledge on traditional medicine, urgentstudies should be carried out for recording before they have been completely lost .