Abstract
Abstract The aim of the present study is to identify medicinal plants used for decorative purposes by the local population along the Northern Black Sea coast (Bulgaria). A survey was conducted in the period 2014-2020. The interviews with the local population were conducted “face to face” with the help of pre-prepared original questionnaires. The surveyed locals are 709 people from 32 settlements. Respondents were randomly selected. They are of different age groups, gender, ethnicity, education and employment. The folk names of the used medicinal plants are recorded. The results show that a significant proportion of respondents (52.89%) use medicinal plants for decorative purposes. The medicinal plants used for decorative purposes by the locals are 73 species, belonging to 61 genera from 30 families. The present study is part of a larger ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in the region of the North Black Sea coast.
Highlights
Growing flowering plants is an activity that dates back to ancient times
Of the 709 locals surveyed on the North Black Sea coast, 375 people (52.89%) answered that they use and 334 people (47.11%) answered that they do not use medicinal plants for decorative purposes
The medicinal plants used for decorative purposes, distributed in the floristic subregion of the North Black Sea coast, are 58 species
Summary
Growing flowering plants is an activity that dates back to ancient times. Kumarov claims that the flowers are as old as the cultivated plants that served as human food. This means that their cultivation dates back to the time when man began to engage in agriculture [1]. There is no written information about the use of medicinal plants for decorative purposes from the distant past in Bulgaria. The information reaches us through the folklore and the spiritual culture of the
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