ISSN 2756-3855
International Journal of Urology and Nephrology ISSN 2756-3855 Vol. 13 (3), pp. 001-023, March, 2025. Available online at www.internationalscholarsjournals.org © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Ethnobotanical Assessment of Medicinal Flora in Izmir Province, Turkey: A Quantitative Approach
Ilker Ugulu*, Suleyman Baslar, Nurettin Yorek and Yunus Dogan
Buca Faculty of Education, Dokuz Eylul University, 35160, Buca, Izmir-Turkey.
Accepted 7 January, 2025
In this paper, 108 traditional medicinal plants from Izmir Province in Turkey have been reported. One hundred eight plant species belonging to 54 families and among them 94 species were wild and 14 species were cultivated plants. The informant consensus factor (Fic) and the fidelity level (FL) of the species were determined. The category that has the highest Fic value is Cold and Influenza (0.82) followed by Cough (0.73). The lowest is Hemorrhoids and Enteritis (0.33). Allium cepa and Urtica dioica (100%) has the highest fidelity level and Nigella segetalis (33%) has the lowest. Most used families were Lamiaceae, Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Rosaceae, Apiaceae. The traditional medicinal plants have been mostly used for the treatment of kidney ailments (43,5%), stomach (31.4%), cough (17.6%), wounds (17.4%), hemorrhoids and enteritis (15.7), cold and influenza (13,8%), gall bladder ailments (10,2).
Key words: Informant consensus factor, fidelity level, therapeutic plants, izmir.