Ethnobotanical Analysis of Cultivated and Indigenous Plants in Duhok Province in Iraq

Authors

  • Falah Saleh Mohammed Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Literature, Gaziantep University, 27310 Gaziantep
  • Hasan Akgül Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Akdeniz University, 07058 Antalya

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v6i9.1191-1195.1994

Keywords:

Medicinal plants, alternative medicine, ethnobotanics, Duhok, Iraq.

Abstract

The present study was conducted in the province of Duhok (Northern Iraq) between 2011-2012. The study attempted to determine the use of certain indigenous and cultivated plants in Duhok province in alternative medicine and place of these plants in systematics. Thus, 49 taxa in 27 genera and 46 species were identified. Two taxa belonged to Coniferophyta, one belonged to Pteridophyta and 46 belonged to Magnoliophyta dividions. It was determined that the family with the most numerous taxa in the region was Rosaceae with 5 taxa, followed by the Fabaceae and Lamiaceae family with 4 taxa and Apiaceae, Asteraceae, Cucurbitaceae and Poaceae family with 3 taxa each. Certain ethnobotanical features of the identified taxa, such as systematics, habitats, flowering times, local names and alternative uses in medicine were presented.

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Published

11.09.2018

How to Cite

Mohammed, F. S., & Akgül, H. (2018). Ethnobotanical Analysis of Cultivated and Indigenous Plants in Duhok Province in Iraq. Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology, 6(9), 1191–1195. https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v6i9.1191-1195.1994

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