Research Article

Wild Edible Plants of Savaştepe District (Balıkesir, Turkey)

Volume: 21 Number: 3 June 20, 2017
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Wild Edible Plants of Savaştepe District (Balıkesir, Turkey)

Abstract

This ethnobotanical study was planned to carried out in villages
of Savaştepe district (Balıkesir, Turkey) between May 2012
to October 2015. The settlements (44 villages) in Savaştepe
were visited during the field work. With this study, we aimed
to document traditional uses of edible plants in Savaştepe
(Balıkesir). Interviews were made with the local people. A total
of 205 individuals (107 men, 98 women) interviewed in the area.
The plant samples were collected in company with local people.
The collected specimens were identified and were deposited as
herbarium samples at ISTE (The Herbarium of the Faculty of
Pharmacy of Istanbul University). Among these collected plants
71 taxa belonging to 27 families are edible plants. The plants
were mostly used as food (55 taxa), spice (14 taxa), beverage
(3 taxa) and honey paste (2 taxa). Mostly used parts of plants
were leaf (27 taxa), aerial part (20 taxa), fruit (19 taxa) and seed
(5 taxa).

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Şükran Kültür This is me

Publication Date

June 20, 2017

Submission Date

January 24, 2017

Acceptance Date

April 18, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Volume: 21 Number: 3

APA
Özdemir, E., & Kültür, Ş. (2017). Wild Edible Plants of Savaştepe District (Balıkesir, Turkey). Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal, 21(3), 578-589. https://doi.org/10.12991/marupj.319328
AMA
1.Özdemir E, Kültür Ş. Wild Edible Plants of Savaştepe District (Balıkesir, Turkey). J Res Pharm. 2017;21(3):578-589. doi:10.12991/marupj.319328
Chicago
Özdemir, Ebru, and Şükran Kültür. 2017. “Wild Edible Plants of Savaştepe District (Balıkesir, Turkey)”. Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal 21 (3): 578-89. https://doi.org/10.12991/marupj.319328.
EndNote
Özdemir E, Kültür Ş (June 1, 2017) Wild Edible Plants of Savaştepe District (Balıkesir, Turkey). Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal 21 3 578–589.
IEEE
[1]E. Özdemir and Ş. Kültür, “Wild Edible Plants of Savaştepe District (Balıkesir, Turkey)”, J Res Pharm, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 578–589, June 2017, doi: 10.12991/marupj.319328.
ISNAD
Özdemir, Ebru - Kültür, Şükran. “Wild Edible Plants of Savaştepe District (Balıkesir, Turkey)”. Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal 21/3 (June 1, 2017): 578-589. https://doi.org/10.12991/marupj.319328.
JAMA
1.Özdemir E, Kültür Ş. Wild Edible Plants of Savaştepe District (Balıkesir, Turkey). J Res Pharm. 2017;21:578–589.
MLA
Özdemir, Ebru, and Şükran Kültür. “Wild Edible Plants of Savaştepe District (Balıkesir, Turkey)”. Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, June 2017, pp. 578-89, doi:10.12991/marupj.319328.
Vancouver
1.Ebru Özdemir, Şükran Kültür. Wild Edible Plants of Savaştepe District (Balıkesir, Turkey). J Res Pharm. 2017 Jun. 1;21(3):578-89. doi:10.12991/marupj.319328

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