Ethnobotany and effect of natural habitats on characteristics of Iranian Ox-Tongue (Echium amoenum Fisch & Mey.)

In order to evaluation of ethnobotany and effect of natural habitatsz on characteristics of Iranian Ox-Tongue (Echium amoenum Fisch & Mey.), this research was conducted in ۲۰۱۴ year in two natural habitats of Kelardasht and Marzanabad in Mazandaran province. The results showed that Mean plant height, mean canopy diameter, mean lateral branch length, mean lateral branch number, mean flower number per plant and mean flower weight in plant was ۳۵-۷۰ cm, ۲۵-۶۰ cm, ۳۰-۶۵ cm, ۱۰-۴۰ lateral branches, ۷۰۰-۱۴۲۰ flower per plant and ۸-۱۸ g, respectively, in different habitats. In the most of studied traits, plants of Kelardasht area were superior compared to plants of Marzanabad area, so that in Kelardasht area, plant height, conopy diameter, lateral branch length, lateral branch number, flower number per plant and flower dry weight per plant was ۴۲, ۵۷, ۴۶, ۶۳, ۵۰ and ۵۲% more than Marzanabad area, respectively. Total phenol, total flavonoide and total anthocyanin content in plants of Kelardasht area were ۳۲, ۲۳ and ۳۸% more than Marzanabad area. Phenological cycles in natural habitat of Kelardasht was completed in ۱۸۰ days equal to ۲۰۷۱ degree-days. The results of ethnobotany studies showed that indigenous people often use this plant as relaxing and exhilarating that was widely used in the treatment of colds and was more commonly used as pure herbal tea.

کلیدواژه ها:

Anthocyanin ، Conopy diameter ، flavonoide ، Marzanabad ، relaxing plant