Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 BSc of Agriculture and Natural Resource Research Center of Hormozgan Province
2 MSc of Agriculture and Natural Resource Research Center of Hormozgan Province
Abstract
Zataria multiflora is traditionally used for diarrhea, cold, blowing, headache, wound, fever, skin sensitiveness and fat and sugar blood from ancient times. This investigation was carried for knowing some ecological characteristics of Zataria multiflora and using them in abundant cultivation for using in medicinal industries and prevents the plants region from destroying from 1379 for two years. Climatic, Geologic and Geomorphologic characteristics, Land types, Companion plants, Habitat types and Distribution map were provided for all of habitats and in Ahmadi, Badafshan and Tangezagh regions phenologic study were done, and also vegetative parameters measurement and soil analysis. This species was distributed from Northern to the nearest point to Persian Gulf (Abgarme geno) and from the Western point in Chahshanbeh mount in Gavbandy to Bashagard region (Khomeini shahr shang mountain(, in East from 250m to 1850m altitude. Climate of the regions is semi-dry, hot and semi-dry desert. 57.6 percent of habitats of this species are mountainous region and 54.6 percent of it was located on Calcareous structure. This plant grows in sandy-loam with pH=7.9-8.4 and EC=0.58-1.05 mm /cm.
There are more than 150 species were determined in all of habitats that Cymbopogon olivieri, Amygdalus scoparia, Pistacia khinjuk, Pistacia atlantica, Teucrium pollium, Amygdalus lycioides and Astragalus fasciculifolius were common in all of them.
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