The main objective of this study is to identify and record the folk medicines used in Çamlıdere (Ankara) as well as to contribute to the preservation of this precious lore. For this purpose field trips were organized to Çamlıdere. A total of 79 taxa belonging to 66 genera and 33 families were recorded for the treatment of various disorders. | Turkish Journal of Botany Research Article Turk J Bot (2016) 40: 241-249 © TÜBİTAK doi: The current status of ethnopharmacobotanical knowledge in Çamlıdere (Ankara, Turkey)* 1 1,** 2 Tuğba GÜNBATAN , İlhan GÜRBÜZ , Ayşe Mine GENÇLER ÖZKAN Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University, Etiler, Ankara, Turkey 2 Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara University, Tandoğan, Ankara, Turkey 1 Received: Accepted/Published Online: Final Version: Abstract: The main objective of this study is to identify and record the folk medicines used in Çamlıdere (Ankara) as well as to contribute to the preservation of this precious lore. For this purpose field trips were organized to Çamlıdere. A total of 79 taxa belonging to 66 genera and 33 families were recorded for the treatment of various disorders. The most represented families were Asteraceae, Lamiaceae, and Rosaceae, respectively. Respiratory tract diseases were the principal reasons for using folk medicines. Eight new folk medicines were included in the Turkish ethnobotanical repository with this study. Different ethnobotanical usages such as fuel and food were also noted. Our data obtained from the research area showed some uses of plants that were newly introduced to the folk medicinal literature of Turkey. Moreover, “Use value”, “Informant consensus factor”, and “Cultural importance index” were also calculated to evaluate the data statistically. Key words: Ethnobotany, Çamlıdere, medicinal plants, folk medicine, Turkey 1. Introduction Since the beginning of time, man’s relationship with medical treatment has been one of the most important parts of human ecology. Research on the use of wild flora for healing purposes could be used to make conclusions on processes of anthropogenesis and ethnogenesis, especially in some regions of the world. In some Asian and African countries, 80%
