The Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants in (Dehe-lolo-vameghabad-bidoieh) Village. Kerman, Iran

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Iran has a long history in the use of medicinal plants and traditional medicine. Local people in the villages, especially the elderly, have useful information about health benefits and how to use these plants. Therefore, it seems that collecting and recording this information leads to the revival of this traditional knowledge. The current research is an ethnobotanical study on the medicinal plants of (Dehe-lolo-vameghabad-bidoieh) village, belong to Kerman district, it lies between 250º 23´ and 25º 34´ N, latitude, and 88º 48´ and 88º 59´E, longitude, elevation ranges, is from 1700 to 2700 meters, above mean sea level, average annual rainfall, is about120 mm. In order to recognize custom, tradition, and application way, of plants by the people. In current study, plants species, were collected at several times, in 2014year. Plants identities were confirmed by botanist and references and analyze was made of the species used. The Raunkiaer classification was applied to classify the plant life forms. To identify the medicinal plants, and how to use them, the traditional botanists and native people were interviewed and a few questions were raised. Results indicated some of medicinal plants, are used commonly by the indigenous people, many of medicinal plants, are used for eliminating different pains. Overall, in this survey, identified and analyzed the 84 medical species, Belong to 38 families and 76 genuses. The maximum range, of medicinal plants in area, are families Asteraceae, (10 species) and Lamiaceae, (8 species). The species plants of the genus Artemisia and Asteragalus, constitute the dominant genus of area. The most of consumed medicinal plants, between indigenous area, containing the genuse: Thymus, Achilleae, Ziziphora, Alyssum, Descurainia, and cichorium. Also Plants vegetation this area, generally, belonging to Irano-turanian region. Medicinal plants in region, determinate, as 34.3% of species are hemycriptophyte, 25%therophyte, 19.2% phanerophyte, 16.2%chamephyte, and 5.3% jeophyte.

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volume 5  issue 1

pages  105- 111

publication date 2016-09-01

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