Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Academic member of khuzestan province
2 Researcher in kzestan province
3 Academic member of Esfahan province
Abstract
Utilization of medicinal plants in treatment of diseases has a long history and human know their benficial effects for treatment. Since recognition and dissociation medicinal from unmedicinal plants is very difficult and need long time, then recognize medicinal plant and dissociate them from other plants can help interested user to utilize.
In this survey according botanical resources, based upon evidences, people experiences, perfect questionnaire by grocery in different city of Khuzestan and also field investigation in the four season on fourfold regions of Khuzestan, wrote all medicinal plant and their dispersion, characteristics of specified growing region, utility and ect. From 950 species in Khuzestan about 225 species were introduced as medicinal plants in the books and grocerys.
Family of Labiatae, Compositae, Papilionaceae and Umbelliferae have most medicinal plant species in Khuzestan.
From this collecton, the aromatic plants are worth and number of them are able to develop their industiral cultivation. Medicinal plant that need the best method to exploitation and the species that must protect to control decay is introduced.
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