930 studies, one database
930 ethnobotanical studies carried out in Turkey between 1928 and 2014 were brought together in a single database. The most often recorded plants: stinging nettle (178 publications), dog rose (157), walnut (136), St John’s wort (112), greater plantain (112) and common mallow (109). All are ordinary plants found along village roads and garden edges.
Source: Bintuğ Öztürk (yürütücü) ve ark., “Türkiye’nin Etnobotanik Veritabanı”, Ege Üniversitesi BAP 13-ECZ-024 sonuç raporu, Şubat 2020 (Öztürk et al., Türkiye’nin Etnobotanik Veritabanı, 2020). This is a folk record, not a treatment recommendation.
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