Traditional Uses of Wild Plants in the Middle Aegean Regionof Turkey

摘要

This study investigates ethnobotanical uses ofwild plants found on Honaz Mountain and its vicinity inDenizli Province in the middle Aegean region of Turkey.Eighty-one persons from 13 villages and six townshipswere interviewed. Nine hundred and sixty-four species,belonging to 60 plant families, were identified for which381 different uses were recorded. Informants reportedethnobotanical uses for 19% of the identified species (184out of 964): food (65), fodder (111), medicinal (119),firewood (28), handicrafts (16) and various other purposes(26). Medicinal tar production was particularly noted.