Ethnobotany of medicinal plants among the northern counties local communities of Fars province

Subject Areas : drug

Roja Safaeian ¹ , Elahe Niknam simakani ²

1 - Assistant Professor of Shiraz University
2 - دانش آموخته مدیریت مناطق بیابانی

Received: 2022-05-25 Accepted : 2022-09-16 Published : 2022-09-22

Keywords: Fars province, Ethnobotany of medicinal plants, Ethnobotanical quantitative indices, Traditional herbal shops,

Abstract :

Medicinal plants constitute a high percentage of plant species in Iran. There are still unknown types of drugs that still use from the past years until now to. Due to the increasing demand for herbal medicines and the human desire to use them instead of chemicals need for research it seems necessary. The following study is considered in Abade, Khorambid, Bavanat and Pasargad. The questionaries were included plant local name, place of collection, parts used, season of harvest, medicinal uses, contraindications, how to prepare and method of use. Information on the use of plants was obtained by interviewing with 40 traditional herbalists. The data collected was analyzed by using quantitative indices in terms of the value of the use of the species (UV), informant consensus factor (ICF), and fidelity level (FL). The results showed that reported plants in the traditional shops belonging to 32 botanical families and 83 species. Lamiaceae was the most common family (20.7%), followed by the Asteraceae family (11%), then, Apiaceae (9.8%). In the present study, the results obtained from local communities showed that the use of medicinal plants is to relieve and cure digestive diseases. In this regard, the aerial parts of plants are more useful when consumed as herbal tea. Paying attention to these results shows the role of important of ethnobotanical studies in today's human life. Furthermore, this issue shows human need to the nature, pastures and its products in order to heal and relieve the spiritual and physical science.