Ethnobotanical Properties of Akçakoca District in Düzce Turkey

Aslı Doğru Koca; Şinasi Yıldırımlı

Ethnobotanical Properties of Akçakoca District in Düzce Turkey

Abstract

Turkey has a rich flora because of its geographical and climatic properties so traditional names and uses of plants as medicine, food and for the other aims have improved in Anatolia. Some Turkish local plant names and their uses were collected during the floristic excursions about Akçakoca’s flora from 2000 to 2003. In Akçakoca, 46 taxa have 48 Turkish local names and all of them are used for various purposes by local people. 21 of them are traditional medicine for human treatments, 19 are edible green or cooked and 4 are fuel. 19 usages are firstly recorded in this study.

Keywords

Akçakoca,Ethnobotany,Local names,Traditional medicines

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Aslı Doğru Koca This is me

Şinasi Yıldırımlı This is me

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January 1, 2010

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Koca, A. D., & Yıldırımlı, Ş. (2010). Ethnobotanical Properties of Akçakoca District in Düzce Turkey. Hacettepe Journal of Biology and Chemistry, 38(1), 63-69. https://izlik.org/JA24YF44EK

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1.Koca AD, Yıldırımlı Ş. Ethnobotanical Properties of Akçakoca District in Düzce Turkey. HJBC. 2010;38(1):63-69. https://izlik.org/JA24YF44EK

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Koca, Aslı Doğru, and Şinasi Yıldırımlı. 2010. “Ethnobotanical Properties of Akçakoca District in Düzce Turkey”. Hacettepe Journal of Biology and Chemistry 38 (1): 63-69. https://izlik.org/JA24YF44EK.

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Koca AD, Yıldırımlı Ş (January 1, 2010) Ethnobotanical Properties of Akçakoca District in Düzce Turkey. Hacettepe Journal of Biology and Chemistry 38 1 63–69.

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[1]A. D. Koca and Ş. Yıldırımlı, “Ethnobotanical Properties of Akçakoca District in Düzce Turkey”, HJBC, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 63–69, Jan. 2010, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA24YF44EK

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Koca, Aslı Doğru - Yıldırımlı, Şinasi. “Ethnobotanical Properties of Akçakoca District in Düzce Turkey”. Hacettepe Journal of Biology and Chemistry 38/1 (January 1, 2010): 63-69. https://izlik.org/JA24YF44EK.

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1.Koca AD, Yıldırımlı Ş. Ethnobotanical Properties of Akçakoca District in Düzce Turkey. HJBC. 2010;38:63–69.

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Koca, Aslı Doğru, and Şinasi Yıldırımlı. “Ethnobotanical Properties of Akçakoca District in Düzce Turkey”. Hacettepe Journal of Biology and Chemistry, vol. 38, no. 1, Jan. 2010, pp. 63-69, https://izlik.org/JA24YF44EK.

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1.Aslı Doğru Koca, Şinasi Yıldırımlı. Ethnobotanical Properties of Akçakoca District in Düzce Turkey. HJBC [Internet]. 2010 Jan. 1;38(1):63-9. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA24YF44EK