Ethnobotany of edible plants used by local communities in Khoy County

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Department of forest and rangland, Research and agriculture education center of West Azarbaijan., Urmia, Iran.

2 Department of Medicinal Plants, Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Evin, Tehran, Iran.

10.22091/ethc.2024.11561.1039

Abstract

Objective: Wild plants have been used for edible purposes among local communities all over the world since human documented civilization. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate ethnobotany of food plants in the Khoy region (West Azarbaijan province) as a pioneer area in this field.
Methods: Plant collection and identification was done in the spring of 1403. Field study was performed by semi-organized interviews, participated observations and field observations from all four regions of Khoy. The Usage Report (UR) and the relative frequency of quotation index (RFC) were calculated as quantitative indices to be used in statistical analysis.
Results: In this study, 32 edible plant species were identified. Liliaceae, Amarillydaceae and Apiaceae with 5, 4 and 4 species contained the highest number of plant species in the region, respectively. The results of the Usage Report (UR) and the relative frequency of quotation index (RFC) analysis showed Gundelia tournefortii and Convulvulus arvensis species were respectively the most important edible species in the region.




Conclusion: Considering the environmental issues, local businesses and replaced feeding based on the food plant species introduced to people by ethnobotany may be developed. 

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