1. Some Ethnobotanical Notes from Gündoğmuş District (Antalya/Turkey).
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Şenkardeş, İsmail and Tuzlacı, Ertan
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PHYTOTHERAPY , *THERAPEUTIC use of coffee , *NUTRITIONAL requirements , *TRADITIONAL medicine , *ETHNOLOGY research - Abstract
According to the results of our ethnobotanical study made in Gündoğmuş (Antalya) in 2011, total 71 taxa used for various purposes were determined. Thirty-seven taxa were used as folk medicine in treatment. These were mostly used for digestive system disorders, respiratory diseases and diabetes. In addition, other usages of the plants were also recorded as: nutrient (18 wild plants), spice (10 plants), herbal tea (5 plants), coffee (2 plants), gum (2 plants), vinegar, pickle and granate sauce (3 plants), fodder (6 plants), timber (5 plants), firewood (5 plants), cleaner as soap (3 plants), ornament (2 plants), glue (2 plants), basket (2 plants), broom (2 plants), fruit mattress (2 plants), garland (1 plant), strainer (1 plant), rosary (1 plant), arbour cover (1 plant), roof construction (1 plant), leather tanning (1 plant), fishing (1 plant). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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