An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Turgutlu (Manisa-Turkey).
BACKGROUND
A comprehensive ethnobotanical study was made in Turgutlu. This paper contains folk medicinal plants and ethnopharmacological information of this ethnobotanical study.


OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study is to collect and identify the plants used in therapy by the local people and to reveal information on traditional herbal medicine.


METHODS
This study was made between 2010 and 2011 and its materials were the plants collected during the field work. The information was obtained through open and semi-structured interviews with the local people. In addition, informant consensus factor (FIC) and use value (UV) were calculated.


RESULTS
76 Folk medicinal plants belonging to 44 families were identified in this study. Among them, 68 species are wild and eight species are cultivated plants. The most common families are Asteraceae (11.8%), Rosaceae (9.2%), Lamiaceae (7.9%), Apiaceae (3.9%) and Malvaceae (3.9%); the most common preparations were infusion (37%) and decoction (18.5%). A total of 177 medicinal uses (remedies) was recorded. Digestive system disorders have the highest FIC (0.73). According to use value (UV) the most important plants were Rosa canina (0.75), Ficus carica subsp. carica (0.74), Tilia platyphyllos (0.71) and Vitex agnus-castus (0.70).


CONCLUSIONS
In the research area the use of traditional folk medicine is still prevalent in the community especially in the villages.
Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: gizem.bulut@marmara.edu.tr.
Gizem
G
Bulut
Ertan
E
Tuzlaci
D019448:Ethnobotany / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008519:Medicine, Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D028321:Plant Preparations / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey
D028321:Plant Preparations
Ethnobotany; Folk medicinal plants; Manisa; Turgutlu; Turkey