AN ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDY IN CATALCA (EUROPEAN PART OF ISTANBUL) II

Abstract

In this study, sixty-eight flowering plant species used as medicinal treatment in Catalca (European part of Istanbul) are reported. Among them fifty-eight species are wild and the rest ten species are cultivated plants. The plants in this research are mostly used for treatment of stomach and kidney ailments, cough, diabetes, inflammation and rheumatism. Data presented are based on interviews of local people and materials collected in the area surveyed. Researchers interviewed local people and all the specimens collected together with them were identified and prepared voucher specimens were deposited in the Herbarium of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Istanbul University (ISTE).