Ethnobotanical aspects of Kapıdağ Peninsula Turkey

Year 2010, Volume: 3 Issue: 3, 15 - 22, 15.12.2010

İsmet Uysal Sinan Onar Ersin Karabacak Sezgin Çelik

Abstract

The Kapıdağ Peninsula lying in the northwest of Marmara Region of Turkey and with an area of 300 km2 is situated in the province of Balıkesir. An ethnobotanical survey was undertaken during 2004–2006. 119 people from 7 villages in Kapıdağ Peninsula were interviewed in this study. Being evaluated, the information obtained about the use of plants was classified as medicinal 44 taxa belonging to 33 families , food 40 taxa belonging to 21 families , dye 4 taxa belonging to 4 families , fuel 4 taxa belonging to 4 families , ornamental 5 taxa belonging to 5 families and other purposes 12 taxa belonging to 11 families . In all 88 taxa belonging to total 47 plant families were evaluated ethnobotanically

Keywords

Balıkesir, Ethnobotany, Kapıdağ Peninsula, Turkey

Kapıdağ yarımadası’nın Türkiye etnobotanik özellikleri

Abstract

Türkiye’nin Kuzeybatı Marmara Bölgesi’nde yer alan ve 300 km2 yüzölçümü olan Kapıdağ Yarımadası, Balıkesir ili sınırları içerisindedir. Bu yarımadada 2004-2006 yılları arasında etnobotanik bir çalışma yapıldı. Bu araştırmada, yarımadada bulunan 7 köye ait 119 kaynak kişi ile görüşülmüştür. Bitkilerin kullanımı ile ilgili olarak elde edilen bilgiler değerlendirildiğinde, tıbbi 33 familyaya ait 44 takson , gıda 21 familyaya ait 40 takson , boya 4 familyaya ait 4 takson , yakıt 4 familyaya ait 4 takson , süs 5 familyaya ait 5 takson ve diğer kullanım amaçları 11 familyaya ait 12 takson olarak sınıflandırılmıştır. Sonuçta, toplam olarak 47 familyaya ait 88 takson etnobotanik özellikleri açısından değerlendirilmiştir

Keywords

Balıkesir, Etnobotanik, Kapıdağ Yarımadası, Türkiye

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