TY - JOUR TI - Traditional Uses of Some Wild Plants in Kale and Acıpayam Provinces in Denizli AB - Aim of study: With this study, it was aimed to determine some wild plants in the traditional uses in daily lives by local people for healing, treatment, food, spices, equipment, etc. purposes.Area of study: The study area was Kale and Acıpayam provinces in Denizli between April and October 2016.Material and Methods: Plant materials were provided from villagers and county of Kale and Acıpayam districts. In the identification of plants, "Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands" and "List of Turkish Plants" were used. To determine this, totally 60 people were interviewed face to face. The Informants' Consensus Factor (FIC) and Use Value (UV) formulas were used to analyze the data.Main results: As a result of the surveys conducted with 60 people, 48 plant taxa belonging to 29 families have been identified. It has been determined that the plants with traditional use in the region are mostly used for the treatment of stomach disorders, respiratory diseases and pain relief. The most used parts of the plants have been leaves. The highest UV is Olea europaea L. var. sylvestris L. (0.65), and the lowest UV is Pulicaria dysenterica (L.) Bernh.. (0.05). The highest FIC value (0.86) is cold and flu.Research highlights: Although Viscum album subsp. austriacum (Wiesb.) Vollman has been found to be used for different diseases in the literature, its use as a vasodilator drug was first determined by this study. AU - ÖZKAN, ZAFER CEMAL AU - akbulut, sefa AU - Karaköse, Mustafa DO - 10.17475/kastorman.543529 PY - 2019 JO - Kastamonu Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi VL - 19 IS - 1 SN - 1303-2399 SP - 72 EP - 81 DB - TRDizin UR - http://search/yayin/detay/337618 ER -