Abstract
In the present paper, 95 traditional medicinal plants from Dalaman district have been reported. The 95 species belonged to 42 families and among them 64 species were wild and 31 species were cultivated plants. The informant consensus factor (Fic) and the fidelity level (FL) of the species were calculated. The category that had the highest Fic value was cold and flu (0.85) followed by stomach ailments (0.83); the category with the lowest Ficvalue was intestinal ailments (0.39). Allium sativum, Citrus limonum, Olea europaea var.europaea and Vitis vinifera had the highest fidelity level and Nerium oleander had the lowest. The traditional medicinal plants were mostly used for the treatment of stomach ailments (31.6%), intestinal ailments (27.4%), wounds, burns and cough (13.7%), cold, flu (12.6%), and diabetes (10.5%). The most frequently used families were Lamiaceae, Rosaceae, Fabaceae, Liliaceae and Apiaceae. Key words: Ethnobotany, informant consensus factor (Fic), fidelity level (FL), Dalaman, Turkey.
Highlights
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that nearly 4 billion people (80% of the world population) initially use herbal remedies to resolve their health related issues
Ugurlu and Secmen (2008) identified 54 plant species (41 wild and 13 cultivated) in the ethnobotanical study that they have conducted in Manisa Mount Yunt, Tuzlaci and Aymaz (2001) identified 84 plant species (73 wild and 11 cultivated) in their study in Gonen (Balikesir) and Ugulu et al (2009) identified 108 plant species (94 wild and 14 cultivated) in the study that they have conducted in İzmir
Plant species that were known as traditional remedies were generally used alone in some cases they are mixed with or soaked in other materials
Summary
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that nearly 4 billion people (80% of the world population) initially use herbal remedies to resolve their health related issues. 25% of the prescription drugs sold in developed countries comprised active ingredients of herbal origin (such as vinblastine, reserpine, quinine, aspirin) (Farnsworth et al, 1985). The present capacity of the medicinal plant market is estimated to be nearly 60 billion dollars (Kumar, 2009) and this is poised to grow to 5 trillion dollars by the year 2050 (WHO, 2002). The use of wild plants in medicine by the Anatolian people goes back to the ancient times. The records of plant names in prescription recipes in Hittitian medical tablets would be presented as a proof of this concept. Approximately 10.500 plant species have been identified within her borders and 30% of these are endemic (Davis, 1965-1988; Guner et al, 2001)
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