Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used in Eqlid (Fars Province)

From past to present, plants especially medicinal plants have played an important role in many things including drug producing and disease treatment. Eqlid city is a mountainous region has been located in the south of Iran (the northwest of Fars Province). Due to the diverse climatic conditions of this city, medicinal plants used for use in modern medicine have been studied. Specimens of medicinal plants of Eqlid city were collected during three seasons of spring, summer and autumn in ۲۰۱۹-۲۰۲۰. Specimens were identified using credit resources such as Persian Flora books of Iran and Flora Iranica. Then, questionnaires including information about age and literacy of indigenous urban and rural people, scientific and local name of the used plant, type of used plant organs, medicinal properties of these plants and consumption instruction by people were prepared and were completed by natives of central part of Eqlid. In this study, ۱۳۳ medicinal plant species belonging to ۳۸ families and ۱۰۶ genera were identified. Astraceae had the most distribution in the region. Descurainia Sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl and Carum carvi L. had the highest and lowest application, respectively. The highest use of medicinal plants used by Eqlid people has been effective in treating gastrointestinal disorders, urinary-genital disorders, pain treatment and respiratory disorders, respectively. The most widely consumed organs of these plants are leaves and the most widely used instruction of them is decoction. Regarding to the results of this study, medicinal plants of Eqlid city could be important for obtaining reasonable herbal medicines. Iran has the ability to expand ethnobotanical studies and the use of medicinal plants for medical science due to the diverse geographical conditions and rich vegetation

کلیدواژه ها:

Medicinal Plants ، Vegetation ، Medicinal properties ، Consumption instruction ، Zagros Mountains