Ethnobotany and exploitation of medicinal plants in the Rhodope Mountains – is there a hazard for Clinopodium dalmaticum?

Ethnobotany and exploitation of medicinal plants in the Rhodope Mountains – is there a hazard for Clinopodium dalmaticum?

The present work summarises preliminary results of an ethnobotanical study in the Rhodope Mountains. The aim was to assess the traditional home use of medicinal plants for herbal tea by local people and to estimate the threats to the Balkan endemic Clinopodium dalmaticum. Semi-stru...

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Main Authors: Irena Mincheva, Michaela Jordanova, Niko Benbassat, Ina Aneva, Ekaterina Kozuharova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2019-07-01
Series:Pharmacia
Online Access:https://pharmacia.pensoft.net/article/35139/download/pdf/
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spelling doaj-4c1916b5ebd94a488057a0d6784bbd052020-11-25T02:06:23ZengPensoft PublishersPharmacia2603-557X2019-07-01662495210.3897/pharmacia.66.e3513935139Ethnobotany and exploitation of medicinal plants in the Rhodope Mountains – is there a hazard for Clinopodium dalmaticum?Irena Mincheva0Michaela Jordanova1Niko Benbassat2Ina Aneva3Ekaterina Kozuharova4Medical University of SofiaWild RodopiMedical University of SofiaInstitute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of SciencesMedical University of Sofia The present work summarises preliminary results of an ethnobotanical study in the Rhodope Mountains. The aim was to assess the traditional home use of medicinal plants for herbal tea by local people and to estimate the threats to the Balkan endemic Clinopodium dalmaticum. Semi-structured interviews with local informants from 15 localities in Central and Eastern Rhodope Mountains were performed in 2015 and 2018. As a result, the most used plant species were listed. The major source of plants was recorded as being gathered from the wild. The plants, known with the local names “wild mint” and “white mint”, were identified as Clinopodium dalmaticum from dried specimens presented by informants in Central Rhodopes. A frequent collection from wild populations of C. dalmaticum in Central Rhodope Mts. (Smoljan region) was revealed along with just a few cases of cultivation close to the studied sites. https://pharmacia.pensoft.net/article/35139/download/pdf/
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Michaela Jordanova
Niko Benbassat
Ina Aneva
Ekaterina Kozuharova
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Michaela Jordanova
Niko Benbassat
Ina Aneva
Ekaterina Kozuharova
Ethnobotany and exploitation of medicinal plants in the Rhodope Mountains – is there a hazard for Clinopodium dalmaticum?
Pharmacia
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Michaela Jordanova
Niko Benbassat
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title Ethnobotany and exploitation of medicinal plants in the Rhodope Mountains – is there a hazard for Clinopodium dalmaticum?
title_short Ethnobotany and exploitation of medicinal plants in the Rhodope Mountains – is there a hazard for Clinopodium dalmaticum?
title_full Ethnobotany and exploitation of medicinal plants in the Rhodope Mountains – is there a hazard for Clinopodium dalmaticum?
title_fullStr Ethnobotany and exploitation of medicinal plants in the Rhodope Mountains – is there a hazard for Clinopodium dalmaticum?
title_full_unstemmed Ethnobotany and exploitation of medicinal plants in the Rhodope Mountains – is there a hazard for Clinopodium dalmaticum?
title_sort ethnobotany and exploitation of medicinal plants in the rhodope mountains – is there a hazard for clinopodium dalmaticum?
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description The present work summarises preliminary results of an ethnobotanical study in the Rhodope Mountains. The aim was to assess the traditional home use of medicinal plants for herbal tea by local people and to estimate the threats to the Balkan endemic Clinopodium dalmaticum. Semi-structured interviews with local informants from 15 localities in Central and Eastern Rhodope Mountains were performed in 2015 and 2018. As a result, the most used plant species were listed. The major source of plants was recorded as being gathered from the wild. The plants, known with the local names “wild mint” and “white mint”, were identified as Clinopodium dalmaticum from dried specimens presented by informants in Central Rhodopes. A frequent collection from wild populations of C. dalmaticum in Central Rhodope Mts. (Smoljan region) was revealed along with just a few cases of cultivation close to the studied sites.
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