ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY KURD TRIBE IN DEHLORAN AND ABDANAN DISTRICTS, ILAM PROVINCE, IRAN

Authors

  • Abdollah Ghasemi Pirbalouti Researches Centre of Medicinal Plants and Ethno-veterinary, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord Branch, POBox: 166, Shahrekord, Iran
  • Maryam Momeni Researches Centre of Medicinal Plants and Ethno-veterinary, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord Branch
  • Mahmood Bahmani Researches Centre of Medicinal Plants and Ethno-veterinary, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord Branch

Keywords:

Medicinal plants, ethnobotany, folklore plant, Ilam

Abstract

This paper provides significant ethnobotanical information on pharmaceutical plant uses, where some degree of acculturation exists, so that there is urgency in recording such data. The aim of this work is to catalogue, document, and make known the uses of plants for folk medicine in Dehloran and Abdanan districts, Ilam Province, Iran. An analysis was made of the species used, parts of the plant employed, preparation methods, administration means, and the ailments treated in relation to pathological groups. A folk botanical survey was carried out from February 2007 to October 2009. The information was collected from 81 persons (60% men and 40% women) in 20 villages. The informants reported data on 122 species, belonging to 49 botanical families, were claimed as medicinal. This work is focused on human medicinal plant uses, which represent 95% of the pharmaceutical uses. The most commonly represented families were Asteraceae (37.5%), Lamiaceae (20.8%), Rosaceae (18.7%), Fabaceae (16.7%) and Apiaceae (14.6%). Some of the uses were found to be new when compared with published literature on ethnomedicine of Iran. The folk knowledge about medicinal plant use is still alive in the studied region, and a number of scarcely reported plant uses has been detected, some of them with promising phytotherapeutical applications. The results of the study reveal that some of species play an important role in primary healthcare system of these tribal communities.

Author Biographies

Abdollah Ghasemi Pirbalouti, Researches Centre of Medicinal Plants and Ethno-veterinary, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord Branch, POBox: 166, Shahrekord, Iran

Medicinal Plants

Maryam Momeni, Researches Centre of Medicinal Plants and Ethno-veterinary, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord Branch

Medicinal Plants

Mahmood Bahmani, Researches Centre of Medicinal Plants and Ethno-veterinary, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord Branch

Ethnoveterinary

Downloads

Published

2012-12-11

How to Cite

Ghasemi Pirbalouti, A., Momeni, M., & Bahmani, M. (2012). ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY KURD TRIBE IN DEHLORAN AND ABDANAN DISTRICTS, ILAM PROVINCE, IRAN. African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, 10(2), 368–385. Retrieved from https://athmsi.org/journals/index.php/ajtcam/article/view/1203

Issue

Section

Research Papers