Journal of
Medicinal Plants Research

  • Abbreviation: J. Med. Plants Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0875
  • DOI: 10.5897/JMPR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 3835

Full Length Research Paper

An ethnobotanical survey of some medicinal plants in Keban (Elazığ-Turkey)

Omer Kilic1* and Eyup Bagci2
1Technical Science Vocational High School, Bingol University, Bingöl 12000, Turkey. 2Department of Biology, Firat University, Elazığ 23100, Turkey.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Published: 17 June 2013

Abstract

In this study, 61 wild plant taxa belonging to 30 families that are used as medicine are documented in Keban (Elazığ). The most encountered medicinal plant families were Lamiaceae (10 taxa), Asteraceae (8 taxa), Fabaceae (6 taxa) and Rosaceae (5 taxa), the most common preparations were infusion and decoction. These folk medicinal plants are mostly used for treatment of kidney stones, colds and flu, analgesic, cough, for skin and diabetes diseases. Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. subsp. typhoides (Briq.) Harley var.typhoides, Salvia syriaca L., Rosa canina L., Thymus kotschyanus Boiss. & Hohen. var.kotschyanus, Portulaca oleracea L. and Rumex acetosella L. were the plants most used by the local people in Keban, Turkey.

 

Key words: Ethnobotany, medicinal plants, traditional medicine, Keban, Turkey.

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