@article{article_319328, title={Wild Edible Plants of Savaştepe District (Balıkesir, Turkey)}, journal={Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal}, volume={21}, pages={578–589}, year={2017}, DOI={10.12991/marupj.319328}, author={Özdemir, Ebru and Kültür, Şükran}, keywords={Ethnobotany,Wild edible plants,Savaştepe,Balıkesir,Turkey}, abstract={<div>This ethnobotanical study was planned to carried out in villages </div> <div>of Savaştepe district (Balıkesir, Turkey) between May 2012 </div> <div>to October 2015. The settlements (44 villages) in Savaştepe </div> <div>were visited during the field work. With this study, we aimed </div> <div>to document traditional uses of edible plants in Savaştepe </div> <div>(Balıkesir). Interviews were made with the local people. A total </div> <div>of 205 individuals (107 men, 98 women) interviewed in the area. </div> <div>The plant samples were collected in company with local people. </div> <div>The collected specimens were identified and were deposited as </div> <div>herbarium samples at ISTE (The Herbarium of the Faculty of </div> <div>Pharmacy of Istanbul University). Among these collected plants </div> <div>71 taxa belonging to 27 families are edible plants. The plants </div> <div>were mostly used as food (55 taxa), spice (14 taxa), beverage </div> <div>(3 taxa) and honey paste (2 taxa). Mostly used parts of plants </div> <div>were leaf (27 taxa), aerial part (20 taxa), fruit (19 taxa) and seed </div> <div>(5 taxa). </div>}, number={3}, publisher={Marmara University}