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1st Meditterranean Symposium on Medicinall and Aromatic Plants, Gazimagosa, Cyprus (Kktc), 17 - 20 April 2013, pp.49, (Summary Text)
This study aimed to identify plants collected for various purposes by the local people of Alaşehir, located in the west of Turkey, and to document the traditional names, preparation and uses of these plants. For this purpose, the center of Alaşehir and all of the 62 villages have been visited over a period of 2 years. During the field Works, 1058 plant specimens were collected. Demographic characteristics of participants, local plant names, utilized parts and preparation methods of the plants were investigated and recorded. At the end of the interviews with region people, a total of 240 species belong to 69 families and 201 genera were determined that these plants are used food (144 taxa), folk medicine (208 taxa), handcrafts 117 taxa), decoration (34 taxa), animal food (107 taxa), fuel (22 taxa). An additional 95 taxa were recorded as serving widely varied uses such as in beekeeping, hunting, and roof covering, and as sedatives, toys, perfumes. The usages of 16 taxa are recorded in Alaşehir for the first time. In addition, total approximately 1200 vernacular names belonging to wild or cultivated 241 taxa are presented in this study.