Original Article

FOLK MEDICINAL PLANTS IN KÜRECİK AREA (AKÇADAĞ/MALATYA-TURKEY)

  • Yeter YEŞİL
  • Emine AKALIN

Received Date: 26.02.2009 Accepted Date: 30.04.2009 Turk J Pharm Sci 2009;6(3):207-220

In this study, 47 flowering plant taxa belonging to 19 families that are used as medicine are documented in Kürecik (Akçadağ/Malatya). These folk medicinal plants are mostly used for treatment of cold, diabetes, inflamed wound, menstrual and abdominal pain. All settlements in Kürecik township (20 villages) were visited during the field works. The plants that collected with folk medicinal plant user were identified and prepared voucher specimens were kept in the Herbarium of Istanbul University Faculty of Pharmacy (ISTE).

Keywords: Medicinal Plants, Folk Medicine, Kürecik, Malatya