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1- Behbahan Khatam Alanbia University of Technology, Behbahan, Iran , d.razmjoue@gmail.com
2- Behbahan Khatam Alanbia University of Technology, Behbahan, Iran
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Background: The ethnobotanical science to study how the people of a race, culture or specific area use the native plants of that region. Since the methods and the indications of medicinal plants in the different regions are various.
Objective: The present study was conducted with the purpose of introducing the traditional application of medicinal plants of Behbahan City for curing the diseases.
Methods: For this purpose, after gathering the native plants of region simultaneously, the local name, medicinal properties, How to use and the other information related to the species were gathered.
Results: In this study, 60 plant species belong to 23 families were identified. The Lamiaceae, Apiaceae, Asteraceae, Poaceae and Solanaceae families respectively with having 7, 7, 6, 5 and 4 species had the most number of plants species. By examining the types of plants used as Sodden consumption was found that most (45%) and then the tail and Crude (30 percent).
Conclusion: Existence of 60 medicinal plant species in Behbahan City shows that the city is reach in terms of having access to medicinal plants; and this matter can provide suitable field for better usage of medicinal plants of this city for producing the productions with more effectiveness and less disadvantages.
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Agriculture & Ethnobotany
Received: 2016/07/11 | Accepted: 2017/05/24 | Published: 2017/12/31

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