Ethnobotanical study of native medicinal plants of Bluman region (Lorestan)

Mehrnia, Mohammad; Hosseini, Zahra

doi:10.22091/ethc.2024.10592.1024

Ethnobotanical study of native medicinal plants of Bluman region (Lorestan)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Lorestan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Khorramabad, Iran.

10.22091/ethc.2024.10592.1024

Abstract

Objective: Ethnobotany Knowledge to study and survey how people of a particular tribe, culture or region use native plants in that region. This study was conducted to collect and identify the medicinal species of Bluman region and introduce their traditional and modern uses.
Methods: Collection and identification of medicinal species of the studied area was done. Traditional uses and their applications in modern medicine were extracted by conducting interviews and studying reliable scientific sources. In order to determine the importance of medicinal species, the quantitative method: UV (UV=Use Value) was used.
Results: A list of flora and medicinal plants of the region was prepared. In this research, 53 medicinal species were collected and identified, belonged to 22 families and 49 genera. Among the identified species, 22 medicinal species had the highest use value (UV). Thymus kotschyanus Boiss. & Hohen (Azgooah), Allium jesdianum Boiss (Bon sor) were among the most valuable species. A list of scientific name, Vernacular, and common name, UV values, and its use in traditional and modern medicine of known species was prepared.
Conclusion: The results showed rich native knowledge in the field of medicinal plants in the studied area. The results obtained from the herbal medicine knowledge of the native people of the region and their experiences in traditional medicine and compared with new researches about these species confirmed many traditional uses and native beliefs.

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Main Subjects

Complementary medicine

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