Inula spp: An important genus of medicinal plants vegetative in Sistan and Baloochestan, Iran

Sistan and Baloochestan Province is located in south of Iran. This province is a rich center ofvarious plants that many of them are not found in other places of Iran. Because of a largeregion of this province is Chorotype of Saharo-Sindian and Baloochi flora. Inula is a genus offamily Asteraceae. The genus Inula, a variable perennial herb distributed in many regions ofthe world, comprises a 100 species that two of them (Inula grantioides and Inulacrithmoides), and then Inula aucheri more distributed in south of this Province. These twoplants are locally known as Kolmir and Kolmur . A number of plants in this genus areused as traditional herbal medicines throughout the world. It grows on a wide range of soilsincluding hilly slopes dry river beds, saline region and arid plains to 700 m.

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Sistan and Baloochestan ، Medicinal plant ، Inula spp