Buldan (Denizli) Etnobotanik Alan Araştırması 2003

Abstract

Ethnobotanical studies which aim to shed tight on local human-plants interactions in the Buldan area of Denizli, began in November 2002 and continued in 2003 with the support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Fund of the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) and the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA). Ten fieldtrips carried out during April- December 2003, and a total of forty-one work-days in the field devoted to the study by a team of six researchers alternately. During this time period interviews were made with about 130 informants within Buldan and its surrounding villages, and more than 300 plant samples with its related information were collected. A total of 258 species (of which 21 are endemic to Turkey) were identified among 450 specimens that collected in 2002 and 2003. Among (he sampled plants 97 food, 108 medicinal, 41 fodder, 38 handicraft. 11 fuel, and about 46 plants with various uses were recorded. Several plants have more than one use. and especially food and medicinal plant uses are overlapping. Over 300 recipes related to various wild and cultivated plants' uses were recorded, and some activities related to plants were also recorded with photographs and video. All information and plant identifications were transferred to a database which gives an opportunity of cross-examine the data. The study was completed in April 2004, however the results were not included in this report.