An ethnobotanical survey on some areas of northwest of Isfahan province, Iran

Abstract

An ethnobotAnicAl survey on some AreAs of northwest of isfAhAn province, Iran.— Iran is one of the countries which enormously used medicinal plants from the ancient times. In this study, we documented the ethnobotanical data of Golpayegan, and Shahin Shahr and Meymeh counties (Isfahan province) for the first time in Iran. Field study and plant collecting were done in different seasons in 2016–2017. Ethnobotanical data were analyzed using information of questionnaires gained from 27 inhabitants. Totally, 48 plants of 24 families were recorded from studied areas. Asteraceae (36%) and Lamiaceae (23%) are those containing the biggest numbers of cited plants. Moreover, leaves (45.83%) and seeds (18.75%) were the most used parts. This study indicated the importance of useful plants of studied areas and the necessity of doing this kind of research on other parts of country in order to preserve this valuable information of local inhabitants.