BackgroundThe traditional knowledge about plants and their uses in Turkey is disappearing in recent years because the new generations of villagers migrate to big cities for a better life. Afyonkarahisar located at the intersection of roads and phytogeographical regions (Mediterranean, Iran-Turan, and Euro-Siberian) has more than 2500 plant species. This richness of plant diversity promotes the indigenous commuity for the traditional use of wild plants. The aim of the study is to show wild plants’ ethnobotanical usages associated with medicinal, food, fodder, and household goods in 31 settlements within the boundaries of Afyonkarahisar province.MethodsThe ethnobotanical data were collected from 46 informants by means of semi-structured interviews from 2012 to 2014. Ethnobotanical uses of plants of the study area were conducted in the vicinity of Afyonkarahisar (5 districts, 8 towns, 15 villages, and 3 neighborhood centers).ResultsOne hundred and thirty plant taxa belonging to 39 families were recorded and collected. Hundred and seventy-eight different uses of these plants were documented and used generally for medicinal (84), food (68), fodder (16), household goods (3), dyes (3), handicrafts (3) and religious (1).ConclusionThis study provides interesting uses of plants in the local community of Afyonkarahisar and its surrounding area, in what purpose they make use of plants, how they make use of them and obtained results will contribute to economy of villagers. Since the local people, especially in villages, are poor and do not have health care, they use the plants to treat illnesses, food, fodder, household goods and other uses (evil eye). Also this study will light the way for posterity for next generations.
BackgroundTar is one example of a plant product used in folk medicine and it is obtained from Pinus nigra Arn. subsp. pallasiana (Lamb.) Holmboe, which is very common in the West Anatolian Region. Old trees that are good for kindling and have thick trucks are preferred to obtain tar. Tar is used not only as traditional medicine but also for protection against both endoparasites and ectoparasites. The objective of this study was to record the traditional method of obtaining tar and its usages in Afyonkarahisar which is located in the Western Anatolian Region of Turkey.MethodsIn order to record the traditional methods of obtaining tar, we visited the villages of Doğlat, Kürtyurdu and Çatağıl in Afyonkarahisar (Turkey) June-July, 2012. Ethnobotanical data about the method of collection and traditional usages of tar were obtained through informal interviews with 26 participants (16 men and 10 women). Data concerning the method of tar collection and its traditional usages were recorded and photographed.ResultsThe traditional method for obtaining tar from Pinus nigra subsp. pallasiana by local people was recorded and the local usages (curing ear pain in children, osteomyelitis, wounds, ulcers, eczema, acne, alopecia, fungus, foot-and-mouth disease in animals, mouth sores in sheep and goats, protection against endo- and ectoparasites, repellent for snakes, mice, flies (Tabanus bovinus) and ticks, and the prevention of water leakage from roofs) of tar are described.ConclusionIn this study, the traditional method for obtaining tar and the traditional usages of tar are explained. Documentation of the method of obtaining tar and its traditional usages may contribute to scientific research on the benefits and usages of tar in medicine, veterinary medicine, as well as other fields.
Düzağaç Akdeğirmen barajı Afyonkarahisar'da bulunan Afyonkarahisar'ın içme suyu ihtiyacını karşılayan bir barajdır. Akdeğirmen barajından Mart, Nisan, Eylül ve Aralık 2011 aylarında alınan su örneklerinde fiziko-kimyasal parametreleri mevsimsel olarak incelenmiş, su kalitesi, ve bazı organizmalar için yaşam koşulu yönünden değerlendirilmiştir. Analiz sonuçları, Su Kirliliği Kontrol Yönetmeliği (SKKY), içme sularının kullanılma standartları ile (WHO, EC, EPA ve TS 266) karşılaştırılması yapılarak değerlendirilmiş, baraj suyunun 1.sınıf su kalitesine sahip olduğu değerlendirilmiştir. Ötrofikasyon ile ilgili değerleri sınırları aşmadığı tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca suyun kalitesi bazı organizmaların yetiştiriciliğine de elverişlidir.
ÖzetBu çalışmada araştırma alanı olarak seçilen Büyükyayla, Eskişehir ilinin güneybatısında yer almaktadır. Araştırma alanında 55 bitki familyasına ait, 170 cins ve 230 tür ve tür altı takson belirlenmiştir. Belirlenen taksonlar içinde en fazla orana % 11 ile Asteraceae familyası sahiptir. Bu familyayı, % 9,8 ile Fabaceae familyası ve % 9 ile Liliaceae familyası izlemektedir. Florayı oluşturan türlerin fitocoğrafik bölgelere göre dağılımlarına bakıldığında, Mediterranean elementlerinin % 6,96 İran-Turan elementlerinin % 4,78 Euro-Siberian elementlerinin % 5,2 lik bir orana sahip olduğu görülmektedir. Çalışma alanındaki endemik tür ve türaltı takson sayısı 16 olup endemizm oranı % 6,96'dır. Alan vejetasyonunun büyük bir kısmını orman, step, sub-alpin çayır ve nemli dere vejetasyonu oluşturmaktadır. Contributions to the Flora of Büyükyayla (Eskişehir)Key words Flora; Büyükyayla; Biodiversity; Turkey; (B3:Eskişehir) AbstractIn this study, the choosen research area of the floristic composition of Büyükyayla (B3:Eskisehir) is around the southwest side of the Eskişehir. In the research are 230 species and subspecies taxa which belong 55 genera and 170 genus were determined. The Asteraceae family has the highest rate of 11% in the determined taxon. After this familia there are Fabaceae family with the rate of 9,8% and Liliaceae family with the rate of 9%. When we check the distributions of the species, composed of flora according to phtogeographical areas; we see that Mediterrane Elements with the rate of 6,96% is the first, it is followed by İrano-Turanian Elements with the rate of 4,78% and Euro-Siberian Elements with the rate of 5,2%. The number of the endemic species and subspecies taxon are 16 and the rate of the endemism is 6,96. Area vegetation is composed of largely by forest, steppe, sub-alpin meadow and stream vejetations.
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