Identification of medicinal plants and their ethnobotanical investigation in Mehriz of Yazd province

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Biology, Payame noor University. Tehran. Iran.

2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Science, Ale Taha Institute of Higher Education Department of Biology, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

3 Department of Biology, Payame noor University. Tehran. Iran

10.22091/ethc.2024.10934.1029

Abstract

Objective: The use of medicinal plants is a part of the culture of the indigenous people of each region, which has been formed over the centuries and indigenous knowledge related to these herbal medicines is a good model in discovering new medicines. Due to the change in lifestyle caused and the generation gap, the indigenous knowledge is fast being forgotten, the present research was conducted with the aim of investigating medicinal species and local knowledge related to their use in Mehriz region of Yazd province.
Methods: After determining the different habitat areas of the city, the collection of medicinal plants and the information of local people about the healing properties of plants was done.
Results: Based on the results of this research, 92 species of medicinal plants were identified, and the most species belong to Asteraceae, Brassicaceae, and Lamiaceae. Most of these plants are used in the treatment of digestive, respiratory, and urinary tract problems.
Conclusion: It is hoped that this type of research will lead to the preservation of indigenous knowledge and planning in the sustainable exploitation of valuable plant resources in nature.

Keywords

Main Subjects

References

Amirahmadi, A., & Ghamari, F. (2023). Evaluation of the most commonly used medicinal
plants purchased from the traditional markets of Semnan city, in order to identify plants that need protection. Ethnobiology and Conservation, 1(1), 44-55. (in Persian)
Amrollahi, A. R., & Forouzeh, M. R. (2020). Identification and Introduction of Some Medicinal Plants in Orzuiyeh Rangelands, Kerman, Iran. Qom University Mededical Science Journal, 14(10), 53-65. (in Persian)
Assadi, M., Maassoumi, A. A., Khatamsaz, M., & Mozaffarian, V. (1990 – 2013). Flora of Iran (Vol. 1-77, p. 5730). Tehran: Research Institute of Forests and Rangeland Press. (in Persian)
Baghestani, N. (2009). Final report of research project, collection and identification plants of Yazd province and formation a Herbarium. Agricultural and Resourse research center of Yazd. (in Persian)
Davis, P. H. (1965 – 1985). Flora of Turkey (Vol. 1-11, p. 7789). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Dehshiri, M., Safikhani, K., & Mostafavi, H. (2016). Part of Alvand Mountain in Hamadan province. Iranian Plant Biology, 8(30), 89-104. (in Persian)
Dehvari, B., Riyahinia, N., & Mahmodi Topkanloo, H. (2019). Identification of indigenous knowledge items and presenting the knowledge management model of indigenous medicine in Makran district. Human Information Interaction, 6(1), 89-102. (in Persian)
Didehvar, M., Ebadi, M., Hasanbarani, M., & Rahimi, R. (2021). Study of indigenous knowledge and traditional uses of some medicinal plants in Baluchestan region of Iran. Journal of Islamic and Iranian Teraditional Medicin, 12(3), 233-246. (in Persian)
Emadi, M. H., & Abbasi, A. (1998). Indigenous knowledge in the sustainable development of villages: a longterm perspective in a new area. Village and Development, 2(1), 17-54. (in Persian)
Emadi, M. H., & Amiri Ardakani, M. (2002). The combination of indigenous knowledge and formal knowledgeis a necessity in establishing sustainable agricultural development. Agricultural Economics and Development, 10(37), 11-36. (in Persian)
Frouzeh, M. R., Heshmati, Gh., & Barani, H. (2014). Investigation on the knowledge of food preparation using edible plants. Iranian Journal of Indigenous Knowledge, 4(9), 109-29. (in Persian)
Ghahraman, A. (1978). Flore de l'Iran (Vol. 1- 26. p. 3250). Société nationale pour la conservation des resources naturelles de l'environnement humainavec la collaboration de l'Universite de Tehran. (in Persian)
Gholipour, A., Ghorbani Nohooji, M., Rasuli, N., & Habibi, M. (2014). An ethnobotanical study on the medicinal plants of Zarm-rood Rural District of Neka (Mazandaran Province). Journal of Medicinal Plants, 13(52), 101-121. (in Persian)
Gouchani, R. (2004). Study of flora and plant communities in Khezrabad region in Yazd province. Payamenoor University. Department of Biology. Payamenoor University. Tehran. Iran.
Hawkes, J. G., Maxted, N., & Ford-Lloyd, B. V. (2012). The ex situ conservation of plant genetic resources. Springer Science & Business Media.
Hosseini, M., Forouzeh, M., & Barani, H. (2019). Identification and investigation of ethnobotany of some medicinal plants in Razavi Khorasan Province. Journal of Medicinal Plants, 18(70), 212-231. (in Persian)
Jones, S. B., & Luch Singer, A. E. (2004). Plant systematic -principles and methods of classification- translated by Rahiminejad, M. R. Center of Academic Publication. Tehran, Iran.
Komarov, V. L., & Shishkin, B. K. (1963–1974). Flora of the U.S.S.R. (Vol. 1-32. 19500 p.). Translated by Landau, N., Lavoott, R., Blake, Z., & Behrman, L. Jerusalem: Keter and IPST Press.
Mardaninejhad, S. H., & Vazirpour, M. (2012). Study of ethnobotany of 135 medicinal plants by people of Mobarakeh in the Isfahan province. Journal of Medicinal Herbs, 2, 111-129. (in Persian)
Martin, G. J. (1995). Ethnobotany: A method manual. London: Chapman and Hall.
Minaeifar, A. A., Dehghanpour Farashah, S., & Mirzadeh Vaghefi, S. S. (2021). Floristic, life forms, chorotype and ethobotanical studies of medicinal plants in the Taft County. Applied Biology, 33(4), 131-148. (in Persian)
Mirdeilami, Z., Heshmati, Gh., & Barani, H. (2014). Study of ethnobotany and ethnoecology of medicinal plant species (Case Study: Kichik rangelands in North East Golestan province). Journal of Indigenous Knowledge, 1,125-150. (in Persian)
Mozaffarian, V. A. (1998). Dictionary of Iranian plant names. Tehran: Farhang Moaser Publishing. (in Persian)
Mozaffarian, W., Mirokili, S. M., & Barzegari, Gh. (2000). Flora of Yazd Province. Yazd Publishing Institute. (in Persian)
Nouri, S., Sepehri, A., Barani, H., & Fadai, F. (2018). Investigation of flora, biological form and vegetative elements of plants in the transition region of Iran's and Turanian and desert-Indigenous vegetation areas in Sistan and Baluchestan province. Journal of Plant Research, 31(2), 373-381. (in Persian)
Ramezani, M., & Minaifar, A. A. (2016). Ethnobotany of medicinal plants in Fasa city. Journal of Traditional Medicine of Islam and Iran, 7(2), 221-231. (in Persian)
Saadatpour, M., Barani, H., Abedi, A., &  Forouzeh, M. R. (2018). Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Sejasroud (Zanjan province). Journal of Medicinal Herbs, 8(3), 185-193. (in Persian)
Sabzi nojedeh, M., Amani, M., Younessi Hamzekhanlu, M., Badri, L., Fathizade, O., & Sheidai Karkaj, E. (2021). Medicinal plants with therapeutic uses in indigenous communities located in the ‎foothills of Sabalan (Case study: Meshginshahr city, Ardabil province)‎. Journal of Range and Watershed Managment, 74(3), 529-542. (in Persian)
Sadeghloo, T., & Azizi Demirchilo, A. (2015). Assessment of the effect ofindigenous knowledge on sustainable agricultural development (Case Study, Gogh Tape in Bile Savar). Journal of Rural Research, 6(2), 389-410. (in Persian)
Safaeian, R., &  Niknam Simkani, E. (2022). Ethnobotany of medicinal plants among the northern counties local communities of Fars province. Natural Ecosystems of Iran, 2, 88-109. (in Persian)
Tene, V., Malagon, O., Finzi, P. V., Vidari, G., Armijos, C., &  Zaragoza, T. (2007). An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in Loja and ZamoraChinchipe, Ecuador. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 111, 63-81.
Yari, R., Darabi, M. A., Fathi, T., & Mirmiran, M. (2021). Study of indigenous knowledge and traditional uses of some medicinalplants in Sarayan township of South Khorasan province. Technology of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Iran, 4(1), 136-114. (in Persian)
Zareei, G. R., Assadi, M., &  Masomi, A. A. (2008). Introduction of flora, biological form, habitat and geographical distribution of Abarkooh desert plants in Yazd province. Journal of Research and Construction, 21(4), 28-38. (in Persian)
Zarezadeh, A., Mirvakili. S. M., &  Mirhosseini, A. (2007). Introduction of flora, biological form and distribution geographical plants of Dam gahan mehriz valley plants (Yazd province). Journal of Research and Construction. 74,129-137. (in Persian)
Ethnobiology and Biodiversity Conservation
Volume 1, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
December 2024
Pages 22-36

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics