Original Article

Traditional Medicinal Plants Used in Pinarbasi Area (Kayseri-Turkey)

  • Ayse Mine GENÇLER ÖZKAN
  • Mehmet KOYUNCU

Received Date: 02.03.2005 Accepted Date: 30.05.2005 Turk J Pharm Sci 2005;2(2):63-82

Abstract In this study, therapeutic uses and methods of administration of 44 plant species belonging to 25 families in Pinarbasi ara documented. Some of the plants dealt with in this reportwere not cited previously in ethnobotanical literature of Turkey, while others turn out to have an original therapeutic use. Data presented is first-hand and based on field interviews of local people and materials collected in the area surveyed. All collected folk drug species were identified and prepared voucher specimens were deposited in the Ankara University Faculty of Pharmacy (AEF) Herbarium. Özet Bu çalismada, Pinarbasi`nda geleneksel halk ilaci olarak kullanilan 25 familyaya ait, 44 bitki türünün kulllanilis nedenleri, uygulanis sekilleri arastirilmis ve kaydedilmistir. Bu raporda ele alinan tibbi bitkilerin bazilari Türkiye`nin etnobotanik literatüründe daha ince kayitli degilken, bazilarinin da özgün terapötik kullanimlara sahip olduklari belirlenmistir. Beriler, yapilan alan çalismalarinda dogrudan yerli halk ile yapilan mülakatlar sonucu ve çalisma alanindan toplanan bitkisel materyalinteshisi ile derlenmistir. Halk ilaci oldugu belirlenerek toplanan bitkilerin tümü teshis edilmis ve hazirlanan herbaryum örnekleri Ankara Üniversitesi Eczacilik Fakültesi Herbaryumu`na (AEF) kaldirilmistir.

Keywords: Traditional, Medicinal Plants, Pinarbasi, Turkey