Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants of Mamljeh and Tatar villages (Bojnord, North Khorasan)

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Al-Zahra University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Kosar University of Bojnord, Bojnord, Iran.

10.22091/ethc.2024.11604.1040

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Objective: Ethnobotany is a branch of local knowledge that studies and examines how people of a particular tribe, culture or region use the vegetation in that region. This study was carried out to identify the medicinal plants of Mamljeh and Tatar regions of North Khorasan province.
Methods: Collection and identification of medicinal herbs of the regions were studied. Information related to different aspects of plants, was collected by interviewing informed people of the mentioned areas. Quantitative indices of citation frequency (FC), relative citation frequency (RFC), usage report (UR) and family importance (FIV) were determined using statistical analysis.
Results: The present research showed that 15 of the 69 species of medicinal plants belong to the Lamiaceae family. Some species, including Anethum graveolens, Spinacia oleracea subsp. turkestanica also had the highest frequency of citation index (FC). The highest percentage of use was related to the aerial parts of the plant (23.46%). Malvaceae family had the highest index (FIV) among the plant families of the region.
Conclusion: Ethnobotanical knowledge has saved the useful information of the plants of each region and will transfer it to the next generations for better exploitation of natural facilities and their protection. In fact, this knowledge is the recovery of unwritten traditions that are in danger of being destroyed.

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