The secret of Anzer honey

Anzer honey comes from two villages on the Anzer plateau in İkizdere, Rize. Locals credit its scent to the bees visiting a rhododendron they call “white komar” (Caucasian rhododendron); some even eat its strongly scented flowers raw for strength. The honey is mostly spread on burns like an ointment. Baytop adds a warning: the honey sold as Anzer honey in Turkey is at least a hundred times what the plateau produces.

Source: Turhan Baytop, Türkiye’de Bitkiler ile Tedavi: Geçmişte ve Bugün, 3. baskı (yay. haz. Feza Baytop Günergun), Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, Ankara, 2021 (Baytop, Türkiye’de Bitkiler ile Tedavi, 2021). This is a folk record, not a treatment recommendation.