Reşadiye (A6, Tokat) ve Çevresindeki Bitkilerin Etnobotanik Özellikleri

An ethnobotanical investigation was made in order to determine the plants used by the local people in the region of Resadiye (A6, TOKAT). For this purpose, the center of Resadiye, 12 towns and 48 villages; totally 61 settlements have been visited with 120 informants. During the field work 85 plant species belonging to the family of 40 were collected and the uses and purpose of uses of these plants were determined. Family members of Rosaceae (18%), Brassicaceae, Lamiaceae and Asteraceae (6%), Boraginaceae (5%) are mainly used. The findings of the research are presented in detail in the article. According to the results of this study total 85 taxa which have ethnobotanical usage, were identified. Among these plants, 61 taxa (72%), 33 taxa folk medicine (39%), 20 taxa were used for both medical and food, 2 taxa (2%) and 13 taxa for other purposes (15%).